[kwlug-disc] Removing old Linux images on upgrade
Chris Craig
kwlug.org at ciotog.net
Fri Dec 4 07:05:04 EST 2015
On 4 December 2015 at 01:47, Peter Melse <peter_melse at gto.net> wrote:
> Sudo apt-get autoremove
>
> Clears /boot well enough for me 99% of the time.
That doesn't explain why sometimes it autoremoves on "apt-get install"
and other times it doesn't.
I found the following on askubuntu that might shed some light:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/563483/why-doesnt-apt-get-autoremove-remove-my-old-kernels
This suggests that the servers have different configurations, which
would be a reasonable assumption if they aren't all the same version,
since evidently there have been some policy changes over time:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/590673/why-doesnt-ubuntu-remove-old-kernels-automatically
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