[Bug 1675079] Re: 16.04 LTS Partition /boot fills up with Kernel images, gets underwear in a twist

[Bryce Nesbitt]

Bug #1624644 is a very old one, marked as fixed, with considerable
discussion and confusion.

This bug is a clear indication that as of 16.04LTS, a bug exists with
/boot filling up.  Maybe it's the same cause, maybe it's different
cause.   This bug is trivial to reproduce: it happens on freshly
installed stock no-changes versions of 16.04 if LVM is chosen, and the
machine is left idle for 3 or more update cycles.

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Title:
  16.04 LTS Partition /boot fills up with Kernel images, gets underwear
  in a twist

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On a 16.04LTS system, the /boot partition will eventually fill with
  Kernel images, until the point where "apt-get autoremove" can't
  complete.

  This issue has previously been reported as fixed, but it is not fixed:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1357093

  Generally what I see is the final kernel image that fills the drive is
  incompletely installed (the header package does not make it).  "apt-
  get autoremove" tries to work, but fails.  I must manually remove
  kernel images to free enough space.

  I see this on a machine used by my elderly parents, where 'Download
  and install updates automatically' is set.  And on my home machines,
  where the setting is elsewhere.

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