Note that this long story started from kernel upgrades, and so far nobody has made an important point...
When you install a new kernel package, you may want to remove all previous versions indeed, *except* the one that is currently running. Because if you remove the package for the currently running kernel, if you add a new device or do anything that requires loading a module, that will fail. This is because kernel modules by default require an exactly matching kernel version, unlike shared objects or other stuff that gets upgraded. A few other useful things will fail if a running kernel is not matched by an installed package. This would require extra logic to special-case the kernel packages for this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1267059 Title: "Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies" does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1267059/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
