Bug#878190: wiki.debian.org: "apt-get autoremove" also changes the grub.cfg - it should not

Package: wiki.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
apt-get autoremove
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
Had to restore the grub.cfg from an archived version.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
It regenerated the grub.cfg, thus destroying specific customizations that could
render some partitions unbootable.
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
"apt-get autoremove" should NOT regenerate the grub.cfg file. It shouldn't
touch it at all! That action has nothing to do with the intent & purpose of
"autoremove".

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.9.2 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968), LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)