[Bug 1282883] Re: Software Updater gives erroneous advice for full '/boot' partition

[Paul White]

** Also affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Software Updater gives erroneous advice for full '/boot' partition

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  New
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After attempting to install the new kernel, Software Updater
  complained with the following message:

  ---

  Not enough free disk space

  The upgrade needs a total of 76.3 M free space on disk '/boot'. Please
  free at least an additional 159 k of disk space on '/boot'. Empty your
  trash and remove temporary packages of former installations using
  'sudo apt-get clean'.

  ---

  The sentence about emptying the trash and cleaning temporary package
  files is misleading advice. A failed installation to the '/boot'
  partition should result in the user being informed to delete old
  kernels, perhaps with a link to this article:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/removing-old-kernels. Of course,
  '/boot' may be on the same partition as '/', in which case the current
  advice is applicable. If it is possible for Software Updater to
  determine that '/boot' is on its own partition, it should use this
  information to give more relevant advice.

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