Ubuntu
unattended-upgrades package

  1. Bug #1357093
  2. Comment #23

Comment 23 for bug 1357093

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Ian Weisser (ian-weisser) wrote : Re: LVM or Encrypted install creates too small /boot partition

Ubiquity creates space for enough kernels. The system is not managing that space later. Not ubiquity's fault.

These two issues together create the problem on a small /boot partition:
apt: apt-get remove/purge/autoremove is blocked by the (always-failing) kernel install (not enough space on device)
unattended-upgrade: 'autoremove' is disabled by default.

Adding both packages to the bug report. Removing ubiquity.

Workaround - How users can recover from the problem:
- You can use dpkg to manually remove older kernels until apt has enough space to work, or
- You can use dpkg --set selections to un-select the kernel packages for install, then run apt-get autoremove

Workaround - How users can prevent recurrence after successful recovery:
- You can enable autoremoval in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades , or
- You can mark your wall calendar and manually run apt-get autoremove every few months