Public bug reported: The "upgrade-system" utility makes keeping Ubuntu/Debian systems up-to- date very easy, but the default settings for "deborphan" result in too many packages being removed. This can be avoided by changing the default:
diff -Naur upgrade-system.conf upgrade-system.conf.dist --- upgrade-system.conf 2021-04-11 17:57:29.255553560 +0100 +++ upgrade-system.conf.dist 2012-08-13 05:46:22.000000000 +0100 @@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ UPGRADEOPTS="--fix-broken --purge --show-upgraded dist-upgrade" # See deborphan(1) -ORPHANOPTS="--no-guess-all --libdevel" +ORPHANOPTS="--guess-all --libdevel" #EOF ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: upgrade-system 1.7.3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-43.47~20.04.2-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-43-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21 Aptdaemon: Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Fri Dec 31 12:05:29 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-02 (607 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: upgrade-system UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.upgrade-system.conf: 2021-04-11T17:57:29.255553 ** Affects: upgrade-system (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1956094 Title: deborphan guess-work removes too many files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upgrade-system/+bug/1956094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs