canNOT boot after a normal apt upgrade

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2nd know-how
tested work on a fresh burnt sdcard with 4.4.77

rock64@rock64:~$ sudo apt-cache showpkg linux-image

Code:

Package: linux-image
Versions:

Reverse Depends:
  firmware-crystalhd,linux-image
Dependencies:
Provides:
Reverse Provides:
linux-image-4.4.77-rockchip-ayufan-136 0.5.15 (= )
linux-image-4.4.77-rockchip-ayufan-118 0.5.10 (= )
linux-image-4.4.77-rockchip-ayufan-104 0.5.9 (= )
linux-image-4.4.77-rockchip-ayufan-102 0.5.8 (= )
linux-image-4.4.71-rockchip-ayufan-77 0.4.12 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-85 0.4.17 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-83 0.4.16 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-66 0.4.3 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-62 0.3.7 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-57 0.3.4 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-55 0.3.3 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-rockchip-ayufan-54 0.3.2 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-ayufan-29 0.2.1 (= )
linux-image-4.4.70-ayufan-28 0.2.0 (= )
linux-image-4.4.126-rockchip-ayufan-227 0.6.41 (= )
linux-image-4.4.126-rockchip-ayufan-226 0.6.40 (= )

rock64@rock64:~$ sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-4.4.126-rockchip-ayufan-227 linux-image-4.4.126-rock
chip-ayufan-226

Code:

linux-image-4.4.126-rockchip-ayufan-227 set on hold.
linux-image-4.4.126-rockchip-ayufan-226 set on hold.

Run "apt upgrade" and you'll see that 4.4.126 is gone.

However, some people said this method induce instability due to rapid changes on all packages. So, you are warned.