Public bug reported:
While trying to clear out old kernels in a UEFI system (8 or 9 surplus
generations), I noticed that the apt-get autoremove command issues an
update-grub command internally and rebuilds after >>EVERY<< generation
deletion. This results in multiple rebuilds of the Grub configurations,
including even those older generations that are subsequently going to be
removed in a later pass.
While appreciating that there is a necessity for fallback at all times,
is there not a more elegant and time saving way of doing this, maybe
adding a parameter as eg. "apt-get autoremove min_generations=x" where
there is specified parameter for minimum number of old kernels are kept
(suggested minimum default current +2 back levels) and the rest deleted?
This could enable a one pass autoremove, useful when new kernel versions
are coming out every 5 minutes.
Grub2 version 2.02~beta2-36
david@david-linux:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
david@david-linux:~$ uname -a
Linux david-linux 4.5.0-040500-generic #201603140130 SMP Mon Mar 14 05:32:22
UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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apt-get autoremove takes forever
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