#Linux Mint 21.3 -> 22 upgrade linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic missing

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trail pawn
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The mintupgrade logs look like;

apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends linux-generic
Running check 'Final phase'
Re-installing the meta-package
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends mint-meta-cinnamon
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
mint-meta-cinnamon is already the newest version (2023.08.28+mint21.2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
...
nemo-preview is already the newest version (6.2.0+wilma).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded.
Installing kernel meta
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends linux-generic
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-generic : Depends: linux-headers-generic (= 6.8.0-50.51) but 5.15.0.126.125 is to be installed
 linux-image-generic : Depends: linux-image-6.8.0-50-generic but it is not going to be installed
                       Depends: linux-modules-extra-6.8.0-50-generic but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Error - Return code: 100
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I tried installing linux-headers-generic manually;

root@rob:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt install linux-headers-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 linux-headers-generic : Depends: linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@rob:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt install linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic' has no installation candidate
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apt-cache search shows up to linux-headers-6.8.0-49-generic

root@rob:/etc/apt/sources.list.d# apt-cache search linux-headers- | grep generic
linux-headers-6.8.0-31-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-generic - Generic Linux kernel headers
linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 - Generic Linux kernel headers
linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04-edge - Generic Linux kernel headers
linux-headers-6.8.0-35-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-36-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-39-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-40-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-41-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-44-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-45-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-47-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-48-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-6.8.0-49-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 6.8.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
linux-headers-5.15.0-126-generic - Linux kernel headers for version 5.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
harsh lintel
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consider just updating again maybe your mirror didn't have the latest files at time of earlier upgrade

wary gust
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The autoremove will get rid of the superseded kernels, so your PC does not have to create files for all of them. Should make the upgrade quite a bit faster.

trail pawn
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the actual 6.8.0-50.51 [ports]: amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x only showed the risvc64 line on Dec 10th

trail pawn
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Setting up php8.3-cli (8.3.14-3+ubuntu24.04.1+deb.sury.org+1) ...
Setting up libcdr-0.1-1:amd64 (0.1.7-1build2) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.8.0-50-generic (6.8.0-50.51) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
 * dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.0-50-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Binary update-secureboot-policy not found, modules won't be signed