[Bug 1943122] Re: Software update doesn't run autoremove so that update fails due to no disk space in /boot
Julian Andres Klode
1943122 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Sep 9 14:24:07 UTC 2021
update-manager offers removal since bionic
update-manager (1:18.04.8) bionic; urgency=medium
* Offer removal of unused autoremovable kernel packages
(LP: #1624644, #1675079)
-- Balint Reczey <rbalint at ubuntu.com> Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:34:05 +0000
Due to bug 1912718, the was broken for a short time in focal, in version 1:20.04.10.3 only.
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Title:
Software update doesn't run autoremove so that update fails due to no
disk space in /boot
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Environment: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed, more or less, day 1 since
release
I saw this issue a couple of times on my colleagues notebook but since
happens also to me I gather some additional info. I usually update my
sistem with command line since I have to do other stuff before
starting my job (fix routes for my vpn, store my ssh key password with
ssh-add, and others); update process is part of these commands as
daily activity.
Today I ran it via Software Updates, I was distracted and the Ubuntu
friendly software kind reminds me to update my system, so that I
proceed in that way but a pop up appears (sorry for italian) alerting
me that there is no space left in /boot to update the kernel and I
should have type 'sudo apt autoremove' to fix the issue. Don't know if
this is related about 4 kernels I have installed
Lettura file "/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg"
Generazione file di configurazione GRUB...
Trovata immagine linux: /boot/vmlinuz-5.11.0-34-generic
Trovata immagine initrd: /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-34-generic
Trovata immagine linux: /boot/vmlinuz-5.11.0-27-generic
Trovata immagine initrd: /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-27-generic
Trovata immagine linux: /boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-63-generic
Trovata immagine initrd: /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-63-generic
Trovata immagine linux: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-58-generic
Trovata immagine initrd: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-58-generic
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
fatto
Rimozione di linux-modules-5.11.0-25-generic (5.11.0-25.27~20.04.1)...
Obviously running the usual
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
hasn't any issue and
sudo apt autoremove
cleaned up perfeclty more or less 400MB of disk space.
Below the update details:
luca at ubuntu:~$ apt list --upgradable
Elencazione... Fatto
alsa-ucm-conf/focal-updates,focal-updates 1.2.2-1ubuntu0.10 all [aggiornabile da: 1.2.2-1ubuntu0.9]
cpio/focal-updates,focal-security 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 2.13+dfsg-2]
fonts-opensymbol/focal,focal 2:102.12+LibO7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 2:102.12+LibO7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libgd3/focal-updates,focal-security 2.2.5-5.2ubuntu2.1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 2.2.5-5.2ubuntu2]
libreoffice-base-core/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-calc/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-common/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-core/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-draw/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-gnome/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-gtk3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-help-common/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-help-en-us/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-help-it/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-impress/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-l10n-it/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-math/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-ogltrans/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-pdfimport/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-style-breeze/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-style-colibre/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-style-elementary/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-style-yaru/focal,focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 all [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libreoffice-writer/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libuno-cppu3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libuno-cppuhelpergcc3-3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libuno-purpenvhelpergcc3-3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libuno-sal3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
libuno-salhelpergcc3-3/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
linux-generic-hwe-20.04/focal-updates,focal-security 5.11.0.34.36~20.04.13 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 5.11.0.27.29~20.04.11]
linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04/focal-updates,focal-security 5.11.0.34.36~20.04.13 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 5.11.0.27.29~20.04.11]
linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04/focal-updates,focal-security 5.11.0.34.36~20.04.13 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 5.11.0.27.29~20.04.11]
linux-libc-dev/focal-updates,focal-security 5.4.0-84.94 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 5.4.0-81.91]
python-apt-common/focal-updates,focal-updates 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.6 all [aggiornabile da: 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.5]
python3-apt/focal-updates 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.6 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 2.0.0ubuntu0.20.04.5]
python3-uno/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
thermald/focal-updates 1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5]
uno-libs-private/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
ure/focal 1:7.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1 amd64 [aggiornabile da: 1:7.1.5~rc2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1~lo1]
luca at ubuntu:~$
IMHO this is not a trivial issue:
- very bad UX, why an Utility is not able to the the same task a single command can do without any issue?
- a lot of user rely on Software Update to manage to update his/her system and, maybe, are not so skilled in using command line (ever wonder about how many mac/windows user has ever opened command line?)
- if the user hasn't the sensibility about the importance of updating the system, a failing process could expose the system to thread since it hasn't the latest security fixes
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