Public bug reported:
apt-get suggests to remove and, with autoremove command, actually
removes previous kernel referenced by /*.old links and breaks the
ability to boot with a previous kernel. Kernel referenced by /*.old may
not be autoremoved.
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-88 linux-headers-3.13.0-88-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-88-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-88-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Press any key to continue...
# ls -l /*.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jun 10 11:57 /initrd.img.old ->
boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-88-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jun 10 11:57 /vmlinuz.old ->
boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-88-generic
# uname -a
Linux server 3.13.0-100-generic #147-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 16:49:53 UTC 2016
i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637797
Title:
kernel referred to by /*.old autoremoved
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
apt-get suggests to remove and, with autoremove command, actually
removes previous kernel referenced by /*.old links and breaks the
ability to boot with a previous kernel. Kernel referenced by /*.old
may not be autoremoved.
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
linux-headers-3.13.0-88 linux-headers-3.13.0-88-generic
linux-image-3.13.0-88-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-88-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Press any key to continue...
# ls -l /*.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jun 10 11:57 /initrd.img.old ->
boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-88-generic
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jun 10 11:57 /vmlinuz.old ->
boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-88-generic
# uname -a
Linux server 3.13.0-100-generic #147-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 16:49:53 UTC 2016
i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
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