linux-generic should depend on linux-base >=4.1

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I'm not the original reporter, but I hit (and analyzed) what seems to be the same failure in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1820755

I just switched our packer template over to -proposed to test this:

i.e. changed it to use http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-proposed/main/installer-amd64/20101020ubuntu451.28/images/netboot/mini.iso, added apt-setup/proposed=true to the kernel command-line) and I can confirm that this runs to completion (whereas xenial-updates/current/images/netboot/mini.iso errors out.

debootstrap still initially installs the original xenial version of linux-base (but that's expected, since debootstrap is unable to look at multiple repositories), but it eventually gets upgraded

debootstrap: Preparing to unpack .../linux-base_4.0ubuntu1_all.deb ...
debootstrap: Unpacking linux-base (4.0ubuntu1) ...
...
debootstrap: Setting up linux-base (4.0ubuntu1) ...

... but later on (once base-installer is doing the kernel using the real in-target apt-get) it picks up the new kernel from xednial-proposed, and that prods it to pick up the new linux-base from xenial-updates ...

in-target: The following additional packages will be installed:
in-target: linux-base linux-headers-4.4.0-145 linux-headers-4.4.0-145-generic
in-target: linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-4.4.0-145-generic
in-target: linux-image-virtual linux-modules-4.4.0-145-generic
in-target: Suggested packages:
in-target: fdutils linux-doc-4.4.0 | linux-source-4.4.0 linux-tools
in-target: Recommended packages:
in-target: grub-pc | grub-efi-amd64 | grub-efi-ia32 | grub | lilo
in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
in-target: linux-headers-4.4.0-145 linux-headers-4.4.0-145-generic
in-target: linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-4.4.0-145-generic
in-target: linux-image-virtual linux-modules-4.4.0-145-generic linux-virtual
in-target: The following packages will be upgraded:
in-target: linux-base
in-target: 1 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 98 not upgraded.
in-target: Need to get 29.8 MB of archives.
in-target: After this operation, 146 MB of additional disk space will be used.
in-target: Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 linux-base all 4.5ubuntu1~16.04.1 [18.1 kB]
in-target: Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-145 all 4.4.0-145.171 [10.0 MB]
in-target: Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-145-generic amd64 4.4.0-145.171 [820 kB]
in-target: Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-headers-generic amd64 4.4.0.145.153 [2,568 B]
in-target: Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-headers-virtual amd64 4.4.0.145.153 [1,760 B]
in-target: Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-modules-4.4.0-145-generic amd64 4.4.0-145.171 [12.0 MB]
in-target: Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 linux-image-4.4.0-145-generic amd64 4.4.0-145.171 [6,919 kB]
in-target: Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-proposed/main amd64 lin...

Setting to verified according to comment #4.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-145.171

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linux (4.4.0-145.171) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-145.171 -proposed tracker (LP: #1821724)

  * linux-generic should depend on linux-base >=4.1 (LP: #1820419)
    - [Packaging] Fix linux-base dependency

linux (4.4.0-144.170) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-144.170 -proposed tracker (LP: #1819660)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync getabis
    - [Packaging] update helper scripts
    - [Packaging] resync retpoline extraction

  * C++ demangling support missing from perf (LP: #1396654)
    - [Packaging] fix a mistype

  * CVE-2019-9213
    - mm: enforce min addr even if capable() in expand_downwards()

  * CVE-2019-3460
    - Bluetooth: Check L2CAP option sizes returned from l2cap_get_conf_opt

  * Xenial update: 4.4.176 upstream stable release (LP: #1818815)
    - net: fix IPv6 prefix route residue
    - vsock: cope with memory allocation failure at socket creation time
    - hwmon: (lm80) Fix missing unlock on error in set_fan_div()
    - net: Fix for_each_netdev_feature on Big endian
    - net: Add header for usage of fls64()
    - tcp: tcp_v4_err() should be more careful
    - net: Do not allocate page fragments that are not skb aligned
    - tcp: clear icsk_backoff in tcp_write_queue_purge()
    - vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling netif_rx()
    - net: stmmac: Fix a race in EEE enable callback
    - net: ipv4: use a dedicated counter for icmp_v4 redirect packets
    - x86: livepatch: Treat R_X86_64_PLT32 as R_X86_64_PC32
    - mfd: as3722: Handle interrupts on suspend
    - mfd: as3722: Mark PM functions as __maybe_unused
    - net/x25: do not hold the cpu too long in x25_new_lci()
    - mISDN: fix a race in dev_expire_timer()
    - ax25: fix possible use-after-free
    - Linux 4.4.176

  * sky2 ethernet card don't work after returning from suspension
    (LP: #1798921) // Xenial update: 4.4.176 upstream stable release
    (LP: #1818815)
    - sky2: Increase D3 delay again

  * Xenial update: 4.4.175 upstream stable release (LP: #1818813)
    - drm/bufs: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability
    - staging: iio: adc: ad7280a: handle error from __ad7280_read32()
    - ASoC: Intel: mrfld: fix uninitialized variable access
    - scsi: lpfc: Correct LCB RJT handling
    - ARM: 8808/1: kexec:offline panic_smp_self_stop CPU
    - dlm: Don't swamp the CPU with callbacks queued during recovery
    - x86/PCI: Fix Broadcom CNB20LE unintended sign extension (redux)
    - powerpc/pseries: add of_node_put() in dlpar_detach_node()
    - serial: fsl_lpuart: clear parity enable bit when disable parity
    - ptp: check gettime64 return code in PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl
    - staging:iio:ad2s90: Make probe handle spi_setup failure
    - staging: iio: ad7780: update voltage on read
    - ARM: OMAP2+: hwmod: Fix some section annotations
    - modpost: validate symbol names also in find_elf_symbol
    - perf tools: Add Hygon Dhyana support
    - soc/tegra: Don't leak device tree node reference
    - f2fs: move dir data flush to write checkpoint process
    - f2fs: fix wrong return value of f2fs_acl_create
    - sunvdc: Do not spin in an infin...