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Does anybody know why the amd64-microcode package gets installed automatically on systems that use Intel processors during the latest 16.04 updates on May 22, 2018?

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  • Hm. apt-cache rdepends amd64-microcode suggests that only linux-image-oem depends on that package. Do you have that installed by any chance? – Martin W May 22 '18 at 19:18
  • I am using intel-microcode since my systems use Intel CPU's. Today though, I saw that along with the new 4.4.0-127 kernel amd64-microcode got installed as a new package on two systems. I am using the linux-generic kernel. – Stormlord May 22 '18 at 19:55
  • Isn't that the fix for the meltdown bug that was found in Intel CPUs? – singrium May 22 '18 at 20:04
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    @dsstorefile1, No. I can't even find that package in the repos. Only linux-firmware is installed. – Stormlord May 22 '18 at 21:17
  • @Stormlord: my bad, I accidentally checked on 18.04 dependencies. Right you are about the 16.04 kernels having an amd64-microcode dependence. I guess that the LTE kernel packages should depend or at least recommend the latest microcode for the arch. – Martin W May 23 '18 at 20:28

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It's a new dependency of linux-image-generic. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/1738259.

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