Why is this bug marked fixed for Precise? And how can this bug be
fixed for Quantal which is not LTS? The point of the bug title is that
LTS is the one that this bug refers to because over 5 years the kernels
will really accumulate.
So I don't see how it can be fixed until it's fixed such that
This bug was fixed in the package aptitude - 0.6.8.2-1ubuntu2
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* Remove debian/05aptitude:
- sudo setting is redundant with user-setup (LP: #1033838)
- Keep-Unused-Pattern setting is redundant with apts NeverAutoRemove,
This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.5
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* Backport kernel auto-removal/retention policy from raring (LP: #923876)
- debian/apt.auto-removal.sh, debian/rules, debian/apt.dirs: Add new
script to
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I tested this in a quantal virtual machine that was running kernel
3.5.0-39, by first installing apt from quantal-proposed, then disabling
proposed and using 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to install kernel version
3.5.0-40. I then rebooted and enabled proposed again, from which I then
used 'apt-get
Note that because 3.5.0-39 was installed using the *old* version of apt,
it's actually expected that this version of the kernel won't be marked
for autoremoval. 3.5.0-40 is the first version that will be a candidate
for autoremoval, and it won't actually be autoremoved in this case
because you
Brian, please show the output of 'apt-mark showauto | grep linux-
image-3.5.0-40-generic' from this system.
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Title:
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I followed the same procedure but did not reboot between installing
3.5.0-40 and 3.5.0-41 and then 3.5.0-40 was listed when running 'apt-get
autoremove'.
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Accepted apt into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.9.7.5ubuntu5.5 in
a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
This fix did not make it into Quantal.
apt (0.9.7.5ubuntu5.4) quantal-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: InRelease verification bypass
- CVE-2013-1051
* This package does _not_ contain the changes from 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.3 in
quantal-proposed.
** CVE added:
(re-subscribe sponsors in that case)
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Unsubscribing sponsors. Someone please check the aptitude update out and
we can apply it if it works.
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** Branch linked: lp:debian/apt
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/apt
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/quantal-proposed/apt
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Still have this issue on a fresh install of Raring. And as others say,
this is especially problematic for those of us with an encrypted setup,
as the /boot partition fills up very quickly, causing software upgrades
to fail. This problem can only be solved by manually removing old
kernels, and I
Can confirm @John's statement - exists for me in Raring as well.
Updating to reflect occurance in Raring as well.
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apt 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.4
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released
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On 21 June 2013 02:09, John Karahalis john.karaha...@gmail.com wrote:
Still have this issue on a fresh install of Raring.
Note that kernel images installed before this change was made in apt
0.9.7.6ubuntu1 will still have to be removed manually. If you find
that subsequent kernel images are not
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Untested and dont care.
** Patch added: aptitude-saucy.diff
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/923876/+attachment/3705236/+files/aptitude-saucy.diff
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Same issue on Raring. . .
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1191389
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On Quantal, this does not appear to solve the problem described in bug
#1131512. My boot partition still becomes full after some kernel
upgrades. If not handled before the next reboot, this can make the
system un-bootable.
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On Quantal, this does not appear to solve the problem described in bug
#1131512.
If you use update-manager to install updates, there is a remaining issue
with aptdaemon causing all updates to be marked as manually installed,
preventing apt's autoremoval from doing the right thing. (This may be
On 11 May 2013 10:58, Steve Langasek steve.langa...@canonical.com wrote:
On Quantal, this does not appear to solve the problem described in bug
#1131512.
If you use update-manager to install updates, there is a remaining issue
with aptdaemon causing all updates to be marked as manually
Can someone please give an update on the change needed to the aptitude package?
From my point of view it still contains offending lines as pointed out in
comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/923876/comments/11.
Current state of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/05aptitude:
I don't know what I have done, but today I noticed that the old linux
kernels listed in the 'auto removable' section in synaptic have gone
(they are still installed, though). The only thing listed now is two
linux-headers-3.5.0-22* files. I still have the headers for 23, 24, 25
and 26 and the
If there is more need for verification please let me know and I'll try
to find time to verify it for the missing releases.
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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.9
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[ David Kalnischkies ]
* apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
- prefer to install packages which have an already installed M-A:same
sibling while choosing
Fabri with which release does this work for you?
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Sorry, it works for precise
Linux 3.5.0-26-generic #40~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 13:48:15 UTC 2013
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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If I don't want old kernels to be removed automatically when installing
this package what should I do? Is there a dialog now asking which
kernels to remove or not?
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Fabri, with this change kernel packages aren't automatically removed.
The difference is that with the new apt package older kernel packages are now
listed as autoremovable.
This means that when everything plays well that apt notifies you on
install, remove, upgrade, ... which older kernel
Thanks Michael, it works. Kernel packages are listed by autoremove,
while they were not before installing this package.
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Accepted apt into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.9 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
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** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/apt/precise
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Reuploaded to precise with a change to manually call the kernel postinst
hook script on upgrade.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: Fix Committed = In Progress
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
Assignee: Adam Conrad (adconrad) = Steve Langasek (vorlon)
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I too can confirm that updating apt to the new version in precise-
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
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** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu Quantal)
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When updating to apt 0.9.7.5ubuntu5.3, no /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
/01autoremove-kernels was generated and apt-get autoremove would
uninstall all kernel versions but the latest from my system.
Running /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal 3.5.0-24-generic
manually generated the file.
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** Also affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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* debian/apt.conf.autoremove: don't include linux-image*,
linux-restricted-modules*, and linux-ubuntu-modules* packages in the
list to never be autoremoved.
Aptitude in Precise and later (and earlier) carries a patch that
potentially nullifies this change. Previously the patch was
See also bug #1033838 for justification that 05aptitude should be
completely removed.
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** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
Status: New = In Progress
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
Status: New = In Progress
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** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Quantal)
Importance: Undecided
This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.9.7.6ubuntu1
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* merged from debian-sid
[ Program translation updates ]
* Catalan (Jordi Mallach)
* Drop a confusing non-breaking space. Closes: #691024
* Thai
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I think this is being worked on for quantal, see
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-q-clean-old-
kernels
In the meantime here's a script that calls apt-get to remove all but the
current kernel and the 1 most recent before that.
** Attachment added: removeoldkernels.sh
** Description changed:
Question #186146 is one among multiple where user unintentionally collects
multiple kernel images in particular with LTS. There is no hint from relevant
package management application GUIs which advise to clean up those images. With
future LTS support of five years
APT has good reason to not autoremove kernels, why you want to break
that?
You want *some* process to reap old kernels, ok, but that does not
mean that the core package manager should be that process. The
selection of which kernels to clean up is domain-specific. Determine
such a list external
I've confirmed the problem, especially with LTS. I've set the importance
to wishlist as there are manual ways to work around this limitation in
apt.
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+ FR: Limit and clean-up kernel images and headers
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