autoremove old kernel related packages - Was: Out of space

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 10:07:13 -0500, C de-Avillez wrote:
>On Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:47:14 +0200 Oliver Grawert wrote:
>> if:
>> 
>> apt-mark showmanual|grep linux
>> 
>> does not list your kernel packages, then this is a bug, please file
>> it  
>
>You mean "does list"? Because below you comment that being set to
>manual would be a reason for the kernel not to be removed.

My kernel is set to "manual" and it doesn't get autoremoved, IOW Oli
means "does not list" = "bug", "does list" != "bug".

>if I set linux-generic to auto, it is put in the "autoremove" for apt,
>even if it is the current kernel version:
>linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic thermald
>Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

Oli, is it expected that the meta packages get removed, or are they
needed and should not get removed?

Regards,
Ralf