I note that although this bug is marked as "opinion", it finally got fixed some years later. You're welcome.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/768786 Title: Accumulating kernels is cruel and unusual punishment Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: It's time to purge old kernels. They have sex and multiply. There's no reason why ordinary users need more than the two most recent kernels installed. Granny doesn't appreciate a grub list that extends to several pages and grows without limit. Old kernels clutter Synaptic and the hard drive. And they do multiply in Synaptic. There's linux-generic and linux- image-generic and linux-headers-generic, plus numbered versions, plus pae versions of everything in my case. I just removed 3 versions with a bunch of packages that came to 640 MB plus some headers that I forgot to count. Purging by hand also requires some care. Is 2.6.35.28.36 more recent than 2.6.32-28.50? This is essentially Ubuntu brainstorm idea 25888, solution 7. See http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25888/ . To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/768786/+subscriptions -- 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
