linux-image-$ver packages leave cruft behind
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
tp-smapi (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
virtualbox (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
$ ll /lib/modules/
total 6,0K
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 1,0K 2009-03-10 02:41 2.6.24-23-386
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1,0K 2009-03-23 05:13 2.6.28-10-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1,0K 2009-04-20 08:55 2.6.28-11-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1,0K 2009-03-17 05:54 2.6.28-4-386
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1,0K 2009-03-15 04:12 2.6.28-8-generic
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1,0K 2009-03-12 02:18 2.6.28-9-generic
$ dpkg -l linux-image*|grep ii
ii linux-image 2.6.28.11.15 Generic Linux kernel image.
ii linux-image-
ii linux-image-
ii linux-image-generic 2.6.28.11.15 Generic Linux kernel image
$ dpkg -S /lib/modules/
linux-image-
dpkg: /lib/modules/
dpkg: /lib/modules/
2.6.28-10-generic looks like a superseded package that did not properly clean up after itself
Still an issue for the karmic kernel.
$ ll /lib/modules/ 2.6.31- [234]-generic/ lib/modules/ 2.6.31- 2-generic:
total 1,2M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 515K 2009-07-15 02:02 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 362K 2009-07-15 02:02 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 260K 2009-07-15 02:02 modules.symbols.bin
/lib/modules/ 2.6.31- 3-generic:
total 1,2M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 517K 2009-07-24 23:10 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 363K 2009-07-24 23:10 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 264K 2009-07-24 23:10 modules.symbols.bin
/lib/modules/ 2.6.31- 4-generic:
total 1,2M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 518K 2009-08-04 07:13 modules.alias.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 366K 2009-08-04 07:13 modules.dep.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 265K 2009-08-04 07:13 modules.symbols.bin
All of the kernel listed above had been purged from my system.