** Summary changed: - Unable to automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software + By default settings unattended-upgrade is unable to automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software.
** Description changed: When using default settings for unattended-upgrades i.e. - Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "false"; + Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "false"; # default "false" - Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true"; + Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true"; # default "true" in configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades, U-U is unable to remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software such as update-manager or apt full-upgrade. This is because U-U compares the list of unneeded packages before and after it upgrades packages to detect which packages are new unused ones. + + Expected behavior: handle removing of unused packages differently at + least until other package management software installed by default can + handle removing of new unused packages. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: unattended-upgrades 0.90 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Sep 17 11:28:44 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-05 (11 days ago) InstallationMedia: Mythbuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160719) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624644 Title: By default settings unattended-upgrade is unable to automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1624644/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
