[kwlug-disc] Removing old Linux images on upgrade

[Chris Craig]

On 3 December 2015 at 10:48, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
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> As you can see, old images and headers are automatically removed, and if
> this worked reliably on all servers, this would take care of unwanted space
> depletion in the /boot partition.
>
> But often not, this does not work, and a full-upgrade fails because of lack
> of space, and I have to clean the partition manually.
>
> Any one knows why this sometimes works, but not others?

I would imagine the new package would be installed first, then the old
one removed. Are you saying that it says it will remove a package but
leave stuff behind, so after a few iterations of this the space fills
up? Or is it on a single upgrade that there's not enough space?