[Bug 1427910] Re: apt doesn't correctly fill APT::NeverAutoRemove

[Doug Smythies]

autoremove seems to want to remove the second to last regular kernel on my systems also.
I always have a bunch of mainline kernels installed on my computers, and maybe that is the reason.

Example:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common libavahi-glib1 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libcanberra0 libgconf-2-4 libgnome-2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomevfs2-0
  libgnomevfs2-common libllvm3.8 libmircommon5 liborbit-2-0 linux-headers-4.4.0-67 linux-headers-4.4.0-67-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-72 linux-headers-4.4.0-72-generic
  linux-headers-4.4.0-77 linux-headers-4.4.0-77-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-83 linux-headers-4.4.0-83-generic linux-headers-4.4.0-92 linux-headers-4.4.0-92-generic
  linux-image-4.4.0-67-generic linux-image-4.4.0-72-generic linux-image-4.4.0-77-generic linux-image-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-4.4.0-92-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-67-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-72-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-77-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-83-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-92-generic sound-theme-freedesktop
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 37 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 1,535 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

The current regular kernel is 4.4.0-93 and I expect 4.4.0-92 to be left alone.
I am running servers 16.04.3 and apt 1.2.24.

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Title:
  apt doesn't correctly fill APT::NeverAutoRemove

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  After kernel update I have 3 kernel packages:
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-43
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-45 
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-43-generic
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-45-generic
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-46 
  ii  linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic
  ii  linux-headers-generic                 3.13.0.46.53
  ii  linux-image-3.13.0-43-generic
  ii  linux-image-3.13.0-45-generic 
  ii  linux-image-3.13.0-46-generic
  ii  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-43-generic
  ii  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-45-generic 
  ii  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-46-generic

  And apt-config dump | grep linux returns:

  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.13\.0-45-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";

  Then I do:

  apt-get purge linux-headers-3.13.0-43 linux-headers-3.13.0-43-generic
  linux-image-3.13.0-43-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-43-generic

  Then again apt-config dump | grep linux returns:

  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.13\.0-43-generic$";
  APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.13\.0-46-generic$";

  It has 43 and 46.

  Suppose to be two last versions 45 and 46, because I have them.

  
  Apt doesn't work correctly.
  It now suggests:

  apt-get autoremove 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED
    linux-image-3.13.0-45-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-45-generic

  
  It needs to be fixed.

  Thank you in advance.

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