purge-old-kernels does not purge all desired linux header packages

[Jarno Suni]

The script may purge some of these packages
$ dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' 'linux-headers-*' | grep -E ^linux-headers-[[:digit:].]+-[^-]+-.*$
but not these packages
$ dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' 'linux-headers-*' | grep -E ^linux-headers-[[:digit:].]+-[^-]+$

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Also there may be plenty of related versioned packages that become obsolete without the kernel packages.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

bzr commit -m '* usr/bin/purge-old-kernels: LP: #1532153
  - run autoremove afterwards, to clean up anything else' --fixes 'lp:1532153'
Committing to: /srv/media/src/byobu/byobu/
modified debian/changelog
modified usr/bin/purge-old-kernels
Committed revision 2513.

[Edmund Laugasson (ed-lau)]

Since which byobu version the mentioned bug has been fixed?

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

The fix has not been released. Besides, the fix by running `apt autoremove --purge` may purge more kernels than what is intended by the caller using purge-old-kernels.

By the way, there is another script handling the job. I will publish it once I get paid decently.
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/38300038-feature-request-the-command-should-work-like-this

[Jarno Suni (jarnos)]

Actually I get the money only after I have published the script and it has been accepted by backers.

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

purge-old-kernels has been deprecated, in favor of "apt autoremove". If you have problems, please file bugs against apt.