You have been subscribed to a public bug: apt-get autoremove regenerates the initrd after removing each kernel. Since you generally call this command only when your boot volume is full of old kernels, it seems sub-optimal to regenerate the initrd eight times when removing eight kernels. Could something be done with triggers to do a single regeneration of the initrd at the end?
This is in 14.04 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- apt-get autoremove takes quadratically long https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462596 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp