[Bug 1037285] Re: /boot fills up after many kernel upgrades

[David White]

This is definitely a security risk, and also a usability problem. If we
are updating kernels because of security fixes then surely a bug which
prevents an update is perpetuating the security risk.

Also, this makes managing ubuntu servers and desktops a headache.
Remember, Ubuntu is for humans and humans don't like headaches.

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Title:
  /boot fills up after many kernel upgrades

Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  THIS ISSUE MAY PREVENT SECURITY UPDATES TO THE KERNEL.

  Obsolete versions of the kernel remain installed on a system, causing a full /boot or wasting space on single-partition installations.
  This has the effect that (some) software updates no longer work (at least those to the kernel):

  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-29-generic

  gzip: stdout: No space left on device
  [...]
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   initramfs-tools
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  To resolve this, the user must figure out which packages to deinstall.
  A novice user will not know what to do.

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