https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198668
Bug ID: 1198668 Summary: Tumbleweed: Purge old kernels service block during boot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: screening-team-bugs@suse.de Reporter: petr.vorel@suse.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: ---
Sometimes "Purge old kernels" service does not run after booting, but during boot, which slows down boot:
$ LC_ALL=C journalctl -b 0 |grep -i purge Apr 20 08:16:01 dell5510 systemd[1]: Starting Purge old kernels... Apr 20 08:16:02 dell5510 zypper[1546]: Preparing to purge obsolete kernels... Apr 20 08:17:09 dell5510 systemd[1]: purge-kernels.service: Deactivated successfully. Apr 20 08:17:09 dell5510 systemd[1]: Finished Purge old kernels. Apr 20 08:17:09 dell5510 systemd[1]: purge-kernels.service: Consumed 53.594s CPU time.
It started few weeks ago, it does not happen every boot, but maybe once a week. But bothered me enough to report the problem.
$ LC_ALL=C rpm -qi purge-kernels-service Name : purge-kernels-service Version : 0 Release : 8.4 Architecture: noarch Install Date: Tue Feb 22 11:51:00 2022 Group : Unspecified Size : 346 License : MIT Signature : RSA/SHA256, Sat Feb 19 22:50:00 2022, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284 Source RPM : purge-kernels-service-0-8.4.src.rpm Build Date : Sat Feb 19 22:37:41 2022 ...
$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: n/a Distributor ID: openSUSE Description: openSUSE Tumbleweed Release: 20220415 Codename: n/a