[Bug 1462596] [NEW] apt-get autoremove takes quadratically long

[Tom Womack]

Public bug reported:

apt-get autoremove regenerates the initrd after removing each kernel.
Since you generally call this command only when your boot volume is full
of old kernels, it seems sub-optimal to regenerate the initrd eight
times when removing eight kernels.  Could something be done with
triggers to do a single regeneration of the initrd at the end?

This is in 14.04

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  apt-get autoremove takes quadratically long

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  apt-get autoremove regenerates the initrd after removing each kernel.
  Since you generally call this command only when your boot volume is
  full of old kernels, it seems sub-optimal to regenerate the initrd
  eight times when removing eight kernels.  Could something be done with
  triggers to do a single regeneration of the initrd at the end?

  This is in 14.04

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