kernel packages are still not marked as autoinstalled when using update-manager

[Steve Langasek]

Despite efforts to fix the handling of kernel packages on upgrade, when I use update-manager to apply updates to my system, kernel packages are still not being marked as auto-installed. Today I tried to run update-manager and was told that I had insufficient room on /boot. Judicious use of 'apt-mark auto' resulted in the following changes being applied to my system:

linux-tools-3.16.0-13 set to automatically installed.
linux-tools-3.16.0-13-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-tools-3.16.0-14 set to automatically installed.
linux-tools-3.16.0-14-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-tools-3.16.0-16 set to automatically installed.
linux-tools-3.16.0-16-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-extra-3.16.0-13-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-extra-3.16.0-14-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-extra-3.16.0-16-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-3.16.0-13-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-3.16.0-14-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-image-3.16.0-16-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-13-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-13 set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-14-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-14 set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-16-generic set to automatically installed.
linux-headers-3.16.0-16 set to automatically installed.

All of these packages should have been considered auto-installed without me having to take any action.

After applying the above changes, 'apt-get autoremove --purge' removed the 3.16.0-13 kernel packages as expected.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

utopic has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the utopic task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".