prompted to remove systemd-hwe-hwdb but re-installed via updates

[ipv]

sudo apt upgrade

gives me this :

The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
systemd-hwe-hwdb
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages have been kept back:
libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libspeechd2 libsystemd0 libudev1 python3-speechd speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher-audio-plugins
speech-dispatcher-espeak-ng systemd systemd-oomd systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd udev
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.

sudo apt autoremove

removes the no longer required systemd-hwe-hwdb

but the software updater brings it back & this cycle goes on in loop.

kindly check.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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[ipv (ipv)]

update :

i had 14 phased updates pending & after installing them with a work around the systemd-hwe-hwdb issue no longer persists.

[halogen2 (halogen2)]

> am gonna mark this thread as solved.

Well, you used a workaround following https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2479535 but that doesn't fix the bug. So this bug report should not be marked solved yet.

I see the same behavior as reported in this bug. My post on ubuntuforums about it - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2478639&p=14113797&viewfull=1#post14113797

Regarding the bot comment #2, source packages affected are probably update-manager and synaptic

[ipv (ipv)]

> this bug report should not be marked solved yet.

duly noted.

have made the changes.

pardon me for the confusion.

[ipv (ipv)]

requesting an update on the status of this bug.

i have not encountered it after a fresh install.

can i mark it solved?

i do not wish to leave it hanging.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

I think it's a bug where update-manager installs those additional packages which stems from its implementation of phased updates, but it's also not a priority to work on because this only happens when an SRU introduces a new dependency which does not happen all that often.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

The reason the bug does not occur anymore is because systemd finished phasing.

[Lukas Märdian (slyon)]

We have a workaround available (force installing phasing updates) and introduction of new dependencies in SRUs rarely happens, so I'm setting the priority to "Low".

[ipv (ipv)]

cool.

no worries, no hurries, take your time.

julian & lukas thank you much for acknowledging & the prompt replies.