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[Jarno Suni <1440608@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In contrary to what I told in #40, there is no fear that autoremove
would remove the latest kernel that some meta package depends on.
(Though the possibility is there, if there is no manually installed meta
package that recursively depends on the kernel.)  So "xargs apt-mark
showauto" is not necessary for that, but you may want to keep it anyway,
as it protects some older kernel from being autoremoved. That might be
useful in case the installation of the latest kernel fails or booting
the latest kernel fails (and there are manually installed newer kernels
around). I am sorry about the confusion.

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Title:
  /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal wants to remove all kernels
  except the latest one

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  After installing a 3rd kernel currently 3.19.0-12-generic, the
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove-kernels file looks normal listing the
  3.19.0-11-generic and 3.19.0-12-generic with 3.19.0-10-generic listed
  to be autoremoved. But once autoremove is completed the machine
  requests to be rebooted and at that time the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
  /01autoremove-kernels file lists the 3.19.0-12-generic and
  3.19.0-10-generic kernels. So upon rebooting the 3.19.0-11-generic is
  requested to be autoremoved leaving only one kernel the latest one
  3.19.0-12-generic.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-12.12-generic 3.19.3
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.17-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sun Apr  5 17:03:01 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-02 (3 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150401)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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