As Adam mentioned, the top-level kernel meta packages should change their section to metapackages, so we don't mark linux-image-generic for autoremoval if linux-generic is removed.
I'm looking into adding additional NeverAutoRemove entries for the metapackages to apt as "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*$"; "^linux-image-[a-z0-9]*-[a-z0-9]*$"; but I'm not sure if that catches all meta packages or more than it should. ** Package changed: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) => apt (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: linux-meta-hwe (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Changed in: linux-meta-hwe (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787460 Title: Unattended upgrades removed linux-image-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1787460/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs