[Bug 1439769] Re: various linux packages being marked as manually installed, still prevents 'apt-get autoremove' from doing the right thing for kernels

[Steve Langasek]

Michael, I know we've discussed before about how to possibly fix this,
but it seems this has yet to be implemented.  Can you please look at
whether this can be implemented in time for 15.04?  This continues to be
a source of pain for our users, who receive 40MB of new kernel in /boot
every 3 weeks.

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Title:
  various linux packages being marked as manually installed, still
  prevents 'apt-get autoremove' from doing the right thing for kernels

Status in aptdaemon package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On vivid, my system is full of kernels that have been tagged as
  manually installed again, not automatically installed; preventing
  'apt-get autoremove' from doing the right thing.

  $ sudo apt-mark auto linux-tools-3.19.0-{8,7,10,9}{,-generic} linux-headers-3.19.0-{10,7,8,9}{,-generic} linux-image{,-extra}-3.19.0-{10,7,8,9}-generic
  linux-tools-3.19.0-8 set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-8-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-7 set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-7-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-10 was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-10-generic was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-9 set to automatically installed.
  linux-tools-3.19.0-9-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-10 was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-10-generic was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-7 set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-7-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-8 set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-8-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-9 set to automatically installed.
  linux-headers-3.19.0-9-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-3.19.0-10-generic was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-3.19.0-7-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-3.19.0-8-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-3.19.0-9-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-10-generic was already set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-7-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-8-generic set to automatically installed.
  linux-image-extra-3.19.0-9-generic set to automatically installed.
  $

  The only reason -10 was marked as auto-installed was that it went via
  an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' instead of update-manager (because of the
  unrelated problem with debconf passthrough currently failing in vivid
  and blocking upgrades).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: update-manager 1:15.04.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Apr  2 07:58:41 2015
  GsettingsChanges:
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'716'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'729'
   b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'1427986279'
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1651 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2014-12-06 (117 days ago)

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