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purge-old-kernels doesn't work when minor kernel version numbers add a digit

Bug #1484376 reported by Cam Cope on 2015-08-13

This bug affects 1 person

	Status	Importance	Assigned to
byobu	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned
bikeshed (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned
byobu (Ubuntu)	Won't Fix	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Ex: Have 3 kernels installed, [ 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.16.1 ]. Or [4.5.1, 4.8.1, 4.11.1]. Be booted into one of the older kernels. Run purge-old-kernels. You'll be left without the newest kernel. You would run into this if, for instance, you install a new kernel and run the script immediately after.

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Cam Cope (ccope) wrote on 2015-08-13:

patch Edit (643 bytes, text/plain)

I think adding the sorting function should do it.

Cam Cope (ccope) on 2015-08-13

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2015-08-13:

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Cam Cope (ccope) wrote on 2016-08-07:

@jarnos: I don't think this is related to byobu?

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote on 2016-08-07:

The script has been moved to byobu package in Ubuntu 16.04.

Extract from https://github.com/dustinkirkland/byobu/blob/master/debian/changelog :

-- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:46:22 -0600

byobu (5.103-0ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * usr/bin/Makefile.am, usr/bin/manifest, usr/bin/tmpfsffs,
    usr/share/man/man1/Makefile.am, usr/share/man/man1/manifest.1:
    - added the manifest command
  * debian/control, usr/bin/Makefile.am, usr/bin/purge-old-kernels,
    usr/share/man/man1/Makefile.am, usr/share/man/man1/purge-old-
    kernels.1:
    - move purge-old-kernels over from bikeshed into byobu

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Cam Cope (ccope) wrote on 2017-03-13:

Bump. This matters again because 4.10 is out now.

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Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland) wrote on 2017-04-27:

purge-old-kernels has been deprecated, in favor of "apt autoremove". If you have problems, please file bugs against apt.

Changed in byobu:
status:	New → Won't Fix
Changed in bikeshed (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Won't Fix
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Won't Fix