[Bug 1624644] Re: By default settings unattended-upgrade does not automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software
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Thu Mar 22 00:52:41 UTC 2018
This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:18.04.9
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update-manager (1:18.04.9) bionic; urgency=medium
* Keep PEP 8 checks happy
-- Balint Reczey <rbalint at ubuntu.com> Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:53:59 +0000
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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Title:
By default settings unattended-upgrade does not automatically remove
packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other
software
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Artful:
Confirmed
Status in gnome-software source package in Artful:
Invalid
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Artful:
In Progress
Status in update-manager source package in Artful:
In Progress
Bug description:
When using default settings for unattended-upgrade i.e.
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "false";
# default "false"
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-New-Unused-Dependencies "true";
# default "true"
in configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades,
unattended-upgrade 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 unattended-upgrade compares the list of unneeded packages before and after it upgrades packages to detect which packages are new unused ones.
Consequently, if user installs new kernels using e.g. update-manager,
the excessive kernels will not be removed by unattended-upgrade, and
eventually (small) /boot will become full.
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)
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