Bug#1100810: apt-get upgrade: wants wrongly to remove some files like "linux-image-amd64"

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 09:37:16PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.9.33
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> 
> apt-get update
> 
> The following packages have been kept back:
>   initscripts
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> 
> Then "apt-get dist-upgrade"
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> 
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>   dracut-install libatopology2t64 linux-doc-6.1
> Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   alsa-utils initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-core kmod linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64 linux-image-6.12.12-amd64
>   linux-image-6.12.17-amd64 linux-image-amd64
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   initscripts
> 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> 
> Not so many files to be deleted.

We're going to need more details. If you can reproduce this, pass

-o Dir::Log::Solver=/path/to/a/file.edsp

and attach it.

Otherwise the bug report is not actionable.

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