[Bug 1607845] Re: List of versioned kernels is not right for Ubuntu

[Julian Andres Klode]

I think we can go with a simple catch all of linux-.* as in

https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/merge_requests/59

For explanation as to why this works: apt takes the listed patterns,
then appends the kernel versions to it, and then anchors it. So, with
linux-.* you end up with patterns:

   "^linux-.*-5\.0\.0-11-generic$";                                                                                                           
   "^linux-.*-5\.0\.0-8-generic$";     

This should catch all versioned linux packages, and should also catch
all future ones, as long as they start with linux-

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Title:
  List of versioned kernels is not right for Ubuntu

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  The following command outputs the list:
  $ apt-config dump --no-empty --format '%v%n' 'APT::VersionedKernelPackages'
  linux-image
  linux-headers
  linux-image-extra
  linux-signed-image
  kfreebsd-image
  kfreebsd-headers
  gnumach-image
  .*-modules
  .*-kernel
  linux-backports-modules-.*
  linux-tools

  but the list does not 'contain linux-.*-tools' and 'linux-goldfish-
  headers', which are versioned kernel packages as well, if I have
  understood correctly.

  On the other hand are these values appropriate for Ubuntu?
  kfreebsd-image
  kfreebsd-headers
  gnumach-image
  .*-modules
  .*-kernel

  Same thing for Ubuntu 14.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Fri Jul 29 18:55:50 2016
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-21 (250 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-06-24 (35 days ago)

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