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

On Sat, Apr 05, 2025 at 03:24:11PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> 
> 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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  This turned out to be a kmod package bug (Debian bug #1100955).
This ticked can be closed.