[Bug 1175637] [NEW] Kernel updates are being marked as manually installed

[Daniel Hartwig]

On 2 May 2013 22:57, Steve J. <1175637 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Updates to the linux-image-* packages in Precise are being marked as
> "manually" installed, regardless of the auto/manual flag on the existing
> kernel packages. This happens when updating packages with apt, aptitude,
> or unattended-upgrades. I'm running an up-to-date 12.04.2 LTS installed
> (amd64).
>

The most recent kernel image (or was that active?) is marked manual,
and others are auto.

> I can see that my existing kernels were marked as automatically
> installed:
>
> % apt-mark showauto | grep linux-image
> linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic
> linux-image-generic
>
> And, after the update was performed by unattended-upgrades last night,
> the new kernel is marked manual:
>
> % apt-mark showmanual | grep linux-image
> linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic
>

This is exactly the behaviour expected by:

> This is a problem, because it renders the fix in this bug,
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/923876 (Limit and
> clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS) ineffective,
> since apt-get autoremove will not remove packages which are marked as
> manually installed.
>

When the kernel image is upgraded again, 3.2.0-41 will be marked auto.
 The kernel cleanup hack works by putting the active kernel image
outside of APTs autoremove system, i.e. to mark it manually installed.

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Title:
  Kernel updates are being marked as manually installed

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Updates to the linux-image-* packages in Precise are being marked as
  "manually" installed, regardless of the auto/manual flag on the
  existing kernel packages. This happens when updating packages with
  apt, aptitude, or unattended-upgrades. I'm running an up-to-date
  12.04.2 LTS installed (amd64).

  I can see that my existing kernels were marked as automatically
  installed:

  % apt-mark showauto | grep linux-image
  linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic
  linux-image-generic

  And, after the update was performed by unattended-upgrades last night,
  the new kernel is marked manual:

  % apt-mark showmanual | grep linux-image
  linux-image-3.2.0-41-generic

  This is a problem, because it renders the fix in this bug,
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/923876 (Limit and
  clean-up kernel images and headers automatically in LTS) ineffective,
  since apt-get autoremove will not remove packages which are marked as
  manually installed.

  I'm running the following package versions:

  apt: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10
  aptitude: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10
  unattended-upgrades: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.10
  aptdaemon: 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu9

  This bug looks similar to
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptdaemon/+bug/1078544, however, I'm
  running a version of aptdaemon that supposedly has this fix applied.

  Please let me know if I can provide any other useful information.

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