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[Michael Vorburger <1515363@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't understand as much as I'd like about this stuff, BUT isn't the
problem here "just" that my /boot is too small (OK, shit happens says
Forrest Gump) and that the system automatically tries to keep more
previous kernel versions on /boot than there is space for? Glancing over
http://askubuntu.com/questions/620266/how-does-apt-decide-how-many-old-
kernels-to-keep, I'm wondering if whatever setting determines  how many
old kernels versions to keep around on /boot couldn't auto-tune itself
more appropriately based on real actual free disk space on /boot? In a
perfectly ideal world, of course; I certainly fully respect you may have
other higher priorities than this kind of nice to have end-user
usability gimmick.

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Title:
  /boot full could be handled more gracefully? -- package linux-
  image-3.16.0-53-generic 3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1 failed to
  install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script
  returned error exit status 2

Status in linux-lts-utopic package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  /boot was full yesterday, then I did a sudo apt-get autoremove, then
  first boot entry in grub menu led to kernel panic, second boot entry
  booted normally OK, but on boot this error keeps popping up about half
  a million times.. ;-) In an ideal world, it would be nice if this
  scenario could be handled more gracefully.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: linux-image-3.16.0-53-generic 3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-51.69~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt17
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-51-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.18
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Nov 10 11:46:27 2015
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-21 (689 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.4
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.10
  SourcePackage: linux-lts-utopic
  Title: package linux-image-3.16.0-53-generic 3.16.0-53.72~14.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-11 (456 days ago)

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