Ensure to never remove some packages pattern.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 * Manage default preferences file.
 * Ensure to install some additionnals tools (aptitude,…).
 * Ensure to remove really useless packages (laptop-detect, tasksel,…).
+* Ensure to never remove some packages pattern.
 * Manage general, periodic and dpkg config files.
 * Purge default configuration files sets by others apps.

README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Manage APT repos, preferences and configuration for IPR's servers.
 ## Configuration
 
 ### APT Configuration
+- Ensure to never remove some packages pattern.
 - Set general APT configurations.
 - Set periodic actions.
 - Set dpkg default values.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ apt_conf_download_upgradeable_pkg: 1
 apt_conf_auto_clean_interval: 0
 apt_conf_purge_list:
   - 00trustcdrom
-  - 01autoremove
-  - 01autoremove-kernels
   - 15hobbit-plugins-update-stamp
   - 20listchanges
   - 70debconf

tasks/config.yml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
   with_items:
+    - "etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove"
     - "etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10general"
     - "etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic"
 

templates/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+APT
+{
+	NeverAutoRemove
+	{
+		"^firmware-linux.*";
+		"^linux-firmware$";
+		"^pve-kernel-.*";
+	};
+
+	VersionedKernelPackages
+	{
+		# linux kernels
+		"linux-image";
+		"linux-headers";
+		"linux-image-extra";
+		"linux-signed-image";
+		# kfreebsd kernels
+		"kfreebsd-image";
+		"kfreebsd-headers";
+		# hurd kernels
+		"gnumach-image";
+		# (out-of-tree) modules
+		".*-modules";
+		".*-kernel";
+		"linux-backports-modules-.*";
+		# tools
+		"linux-tools";
+	};
+
+	Never-MarkAuto-Sections
+	{
+		"metapackages";
+		"contrib/metapackages";
+		"non-free/metapackages";
+		"restricted/metapackages";
+		"oldlibs";
+		"universe/metapackages";
+		"multiverse/metapackages";
+	};
+
+	Move-Autobit-Sections
+	{
+		"oldlibs";
+		"contrib/oldlibs";
+		"non-free/oldlibs";
+		"restricted/oldlibs";
+		"universe/oldlibs";
+		"multiverse/oldlibs";
+	};
+};
+