[Bug 1773033] [NEW] unattended upgrade no longer actions on shutdown

[Anthony G]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 do not install updates with InstallOnShutdown
flag set.

post-install script on 14.04 and 16.04 would set options in
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades and
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic to install updates on shutdown of ubuntu
desktop. This worked on 17.10 also, until an update before the release
of 18.04. After a fresh install of 18.04, ran the post install script.
Below is the contents of the two files, updates do not run, even if
performing an apt update and leaving the machine up for a few hours to
download packages in the back ground. Both the unattended-upgrades and
unattended-upgrades-shutdown log files are empty.

Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release:	18.04

ii  unattended-upgrades                        1.1ubuntu1
all          automatic installation of security upgrades


----------------------/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades----------------
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}";
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
        // Extended Security Maintenance; doesn't necessarily exist for
        // every release and this system may not have it installed, but if
        // available, the policy for updates is such that unattended-upgrades
        // should also install from here by default.
        "${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}";
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
//      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
        "LP-PPA-libreoffice:${distro_codename}";
        "Canonical:${distro_codename}";
};

Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
//      "vim";
//      "libc6";
//      "libc6-dev";
//      "libc6-i686";
};

Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "false";
Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "true";
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";


---------/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic:----------------------
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

** Affects: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: automatic installonshutdown unattended-upgrade updates

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Title:
  unattended upgrade no longer actions on shutdown

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 do not install updates with InstallOnShutdown
  flag set.

  post-install script on 14.04 and 16.04 would set options in
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades and
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic to install updates on shutdown of
  ubuntu desktop. This worked on 17.10 also, until an update before the
  release of 18.04. After a fresh install of 18.04, ran the post install
  script. Below is the contents of the two files, updates do not run,
  even if performing an apt update and leaving the machine up for a few
  hours to download packages in the back ground. Both the unattended-
  upgrades and unattended-upgrades-shutdown log files are empty.

  Description:	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  Release:	18.04

  ii  unattended-upgrades                        1.1ubuntu1
  all          automatic installation of security upgrades

  
  ----------------------/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades----------------
  Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
          "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}";
          "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
          // Extended Security Maintenance; doesn't necessarily exist for
          // every release and this system may not have it installed, but if
          // available, the policy for updates is such that unattended-upgrades
          // should also install from here by default.
          "${distro_id}ESM:${distro_codename}";
          "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
  //      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
  //      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
          "LP-PPA-libreoffice:${distro_codename}";
          "Canonical:${distro_codename}";
  };

  Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
  //      "vim";
  //      "libc6";
  //      "libc6-dev";
  //      "libc6-i686";
  };

  Unattended-Upgrade::DevRelease "false";
  Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown "true";
  Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";


  ---------/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic:----------------------
  APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
  APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
  APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
  APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

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