vorlon: Even if it's not technically needed on the apt side, because there is no meta package, it does help to have the list consistent. For eoan, we'll even move to just ^linux-.*$ (to avoid having to add new kernels when they appear), so it will be covered anyway.
On the other hand, it does have the advantage that if you do install unsigned kernels for some reason, they'll get automatically removed by unattended-upgrades with the pattern being present if they are outdated as part of the normal versioned kernel removal. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Cosmic) Status: Incomplete => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821640 Title: Missing pattern for linux-image-unsigned keeps autoremovable kernels on the system Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in apt source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in apt source package in Cosmic: In Progress Status in apt source package in Disco: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Eoan: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Unattended-upgrades keeps versioned kernel packages because they don't match known kernel package patterns: ... Keeping auto-removable linux-modules-4.18.0-14-generic package(s) because it would also remove the following packages which should be kept in this step: linux-image-unsigned-4.18.0-14-generic ... For reproduction see LP: #1795696, but running u-u with --verbose. And APT does not apply proper kernel-version based protection to it. [Test case] linux-image-unsigned should popup in the same list in 01autoremove-kernels as linux-signed-image, and should be autoremovable iff it's signed counterpart is autoremovable. [Regression potential] Not really any, it's just an additional string in the entry. The only difference really possible therefore is that the set of autoremovable packages changes and unattended-upgrades and friends might autoremove different sets of them. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1821640/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp