I verified this in trusty by install the version of apt from -proposed, then installing kernel version 3.13.0-48 and then running apt-get autoremove and received the following message:
bdmurray@bizarro:~/bin$ sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-headers-3.13.0-46 linux-headers-3.13.0-46-generic linux-image-3.13.0-46-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-46-generic 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 271 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n ** Tags added: verification-done-trusty -- 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/1429041 Title: Autoremoval not working reliably Status in apt package in Ubuntu: New Status in apt source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Trusty: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Utopic: New Bug description: [ SRU Justification ] The APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections in precise is not working reliable. Apt is not always looking at the section of the version to be installed but instead may look at a random versions section. This breaks "apt-get autoremove" for no-longer-required kernels. [ Test Case ] See comment #2 [ Regression Potential ] Slim to none, assuming the test case passes well. We can't really make this more broken than it is, except by suddenly marking ALL things manual (or all things auto), which the testcase would show. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1429041/+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
