[Bug 1307747] Re: update-notifier-release upstart job logs excessively

[Brian Murray]

Actually, the frequency this is logging is really quite odd too.

Mon Apr 14 14:43:40 PDT 2014 new release available
Mon Apr 14 14:44:38 PDT 2014 new release available
Mon Apr 14 14:44:39 PDT 2014 new release available
Mon Apr 14 14:45:34 PDT 2014 new release available
Mon Apr 14 16:22:42 PDT 2014 new release available

I rebooted my system at about 14:43, and then ssh'ed into it from
another system at 16:22. As noted earlier /var/lib/ubuntu-release-
upgrader/release-upgrade-available is used to determine if a new release
is available, that file is created by /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader
/release-upgrade-motd which is called by /etc/update-motd.d/91-release-
upgrade so it seems like something is wrong with release-upgrade-motd or
how often it is called.

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Title:
  update-notifier-release upstart job logs excessively

Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The update-notifier-release upstart job logs that a release upgrade is
  available when in fact is not.

  echo "$DATE new release available"
  if [ -s $FILE ]; then

  An empty file is used to keep track of when a new release was last
  checked for so the echo, if it is kept, should be after the file is
  checked to see if it is zero size.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: update-notifier 0.154
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-22.44-generic 3.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Apr 14 16:28:48 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-06 (39 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140306)
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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