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[Brian Murray <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Entries for kernel versions appear in the grub boot menu and as such a
reboot is required for the those kernel versions to disappear. I guess
strictly speaking this isn't necessary and it looks like the control
scripts for the Ubuntu kernel would need modifying to make this change.

The postinst file touches /usr/share/update-notifier/notify-reboot-
required and maybe one of the rm scripts calls it.

** Package changed: apt (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Summary changed:

- apt-get autoremove should not require a restart afterward
+ removing kernels should not require a restart afterward

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Title:
  removing kernels should not require a restart afterward

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  1. Perform a kernel upgrade normally via "apt-get dist-upgrade".
  2. Reboot.
  3. Run "apt-get autoremove" to delete the old kernel packages.
  4. "System Notification Helper" now reports that the computer requires a reboot.

  The "autoremove" operation shouldn't require a reboot, logically
  speaking, because it's just removing files that are unused by the OS.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-53.89-generic 3.13.11-ckt19
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sat May 23 12:47:15 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (629 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-26 (391 days ago)

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