kernel referred to by /*.old autoremoved
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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apt (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
apt-get suggests to remove and, with autoremove command, actually removes previous kernel referenced by /*.old links and breaks the ability to boot with a previous kernel. Kernel referenced by /*.old may not be autoremoved.
# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-
linux-
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Press any key to continue...
# ls -l /*.old
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jun 10 11:57 /initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jun 10 11:57 /vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-
# uname -a
Linux server 3.13.0-100-generic #147-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 16:49:53 UTC 2016 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
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ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-08-18 (1899 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.15
PackageArchitec
ProcVersionSign
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-100-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-10-18 (743 days ago)
UserGroups:
_MarkForUpload: True
tags: | added: kernel-autoremove |
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