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Bug#711108: linux-image-* should suggest linux-tools-*



On Sat, 2015-05-16 at 09:50 +0200, Piotr Engelking wrote:
> tags 711108 + patch
> thanks
> 
> Untested patch attached.
> 
> It may also be interesting to notice that apt already attempts to
> prevent automatic removal of linux-tools matching an installed kernel,
> but fails, since it assumes a version format which is no longer in use:
> 
>   /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal
>   /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove
[...]

That's an Ubuntu-ism.  They use the wrong version format for their
linux-tools package.

Anyway, there's no reason to prevent auto-removal of this package as
it's obviously not required to boot.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be
development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates

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