The get_auto_removable function in unattended-ugprades just checks to see if the package has the "is_auto_removable" flag set. So setting "Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies" to "true" will produce the same outcome as using "sudo apt autoremove" e.g.:
bdmurray@clean-xenial-amd64:~$ sudo apt autoremove [sudo] password for bdmurray: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: libllvm3.8 libmircommon5 libsnapd-glib1 linux-headers-4.4.0-31 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic snap-confine snapd-login-service ubuntu-core-launcher bdmurray@clean-xenial-amd64:~$ sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 9 --force-depends --remove libllvm3.8:amd64 libmircommon5:amd64 snapd-login-service:amd64 libsnapd-glib1:amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-31-generic:amd64 linux-headers-4.4.0-31:all linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic:amd64 linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic:amd64 snap-confine:amd64 ubuntu-core-launcher:amd64 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 11 --configure --pending So I think the question here is whether or not we think it is safe to run autoremovals without user interaction. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624644 Title: By default settings unattended-upgrade is unable to automatically remove packages that become unused in conjunction with updating by other software. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1624644/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
