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

[Balint Reczey]

This is fixed in Xenial and later in LP: #1675079

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Assignee: Balint Reczey (rbalint) => (unassigned)

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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:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in aptdaemon source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in update-manager source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed
Status in aptdaemon source package in Vivid:
  Won't Fix
Status in update-manager source package in Vivid:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Note
  ----
  This bug is referenced on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RemoveOldKernels and in the event that this is fixed it'd be good to update the wiki page by likely removing the link to this bug.

  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: BugDistroRelease: 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: allSourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2014-12-06 (117 days ago)

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