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[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#SRU_Bug_Template -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624644 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) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1624644/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
