[Kernel-packages] [Bug 417734] Re: Old kernels are not removed and horribly clutter the system
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1675079 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1675079 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1357093 Kernels not autoremoving, causing out of space error on LVM or Encrypted installation or on any installation, when /boot partition gets full ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1675079 16.04 LTS Partition /boot fills up with Kernel images, gets underwear in a twist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417734 Title: Old kernels are not removed and horribly clutter the system Status in computer-janitor package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I've been bitten twice by this - old kernels are not removed, slow down dpkg and use tons of space. As an example: vasil@shrike:~$ wc -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/*2.6.28*list 5656 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic.list 10357 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.28-15.list 2609 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic.list 65 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic.list 18687 total So, from about 120k installed files one kernel takes 18k - a few of them can already use as much files in the dpkg database as the rest of the installed packages. Ubuntu updates its kernel at least 5 times during the normal distribution life, and some of us have stuff running since the dawn of time, so this starts to become a really nasty slowdown... (and, there's also bug #414943, old kernels might be a really bad idea for some people) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/computer-janitor/+bug/417734/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 417734] Re: Old kernels are not removed and horribly clutter the system
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1357093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357093 ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 241368 remove old kernels from grub list ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1357093 Kernels not autoremoving, causing out of space error on LVM or Encrypted installation or on any installation, when /boot partition gets full -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/417734 Title: Old kernels are not removed and horribly clutter the system Status in computer-janitor package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: I've been bitten twice by this - old kernels are not removed, slow down dpkg and use tons of space. As an example: vasil@shrike:~$ wc -l /var/lib/dpkg/info/*2.6.28*list 5656 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.28-15-generic.list 10357 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-headers-2.6.28-15.list 2609 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic.list 65 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic.list 18687 total So, from about 120k installed files one kernel takes 18k - a few of them can already use as much files in the dpkg database as the rest of the installed packages. Ubuntu updates its kernel at least 5 times during the normal distribution life, and some of us have stuff running since the dawn of time, so this starts to become a really nasty slowdown... (and, there's also bug #414943, old kernels might be a really bad idea for some people) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/computer-janitor/+bug/417734/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
