Devuan bug report logs - #236
apt: Old kernels are not auto-removed

Package: apt; Reported by: Berbe <[email protected]>; Done: Bernard Rosset <[email protected]>; Maintainer for apt is Andreas Messer <[email protected]>.

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Subject: Re: bug#236: Acknowledgement (apt: Old kernels are not auto-removed)
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Not a bug: packages of old kernels were tagged as manually installed.
Resetting them to auto solved the problem.


Notification sent to Berbe <[email protected]>:
bug acknowledged by developer. Full text available.
Reply sent to Bernard Rosset <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. Full text available.

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From: Berbe <[email protected]>
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Subject: apt: Old kernels are not auto-removed
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Package: apt
Version: 1.4.8
Severity: normal

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-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

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-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian wheezy main

## Standard Debian
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
#
## wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
#deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian stable-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian stable-updates main contrib non-free

# Getting ready for Devuan
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-updates main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged ascii-security main

-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/minecraft-overviewer.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nextcloud.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/unit.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Distributor ID:	Devuan
Description:	Devuan GNU/Linux 9 (n/a)
Release:	9
Codename:	n/a
Architecture: x86_64

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.115
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2017.5
ii  gpgv                    2.1.18-8~deb9u2
ii  init-system-helpers     1.48+devuan2.0
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.4.8
ii  libc6                   2.24-11+deb9u3
ii  libgcc1                 1:6.3.0-18+deb9u1
ii  libstdc++6              6.3.0-18+deb9u1

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  gnupg   2.1.18-8~deb9u2
ii  gnupg2  2.1.18-8~deb9u2

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc                      <none>
pn  aptitude | synaptic | wajig  <none>
ii  dpkg-dev                     1.18.25
ii  powermgmt-base               1.31+nmu1
ii  python-apt                   1.4.0~beta3

-- no debconf information


Acknowledgement sent to Berbe <[email protected]>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to [email protected]. Full text available.
Report forwarded to [email protected], [email protected]:
bug#236; Package apt. Full text available.

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