Ubuntu
initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #798414
  2. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 798414

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KevinMorse (kevin-j-morse) wrote : Re: update-initramfs should produce a more helpful error when there isn't enough free space

This bug is the single most frustrating aspect of managing or helping others manage Ubuntu Server installations.

I've come across probably 20 or 30 default installations of Ubuntu Server that have this problem because the new packages seem to get automatically downloaded but the old ones don't get automatically cleaned out.

Can one setup a cron job to do apt-get autoremove every day or is this bad practice?