[Bug 1857345] [NEW] Misleading login message from unattended-upgrades

[Bill Miller]

Public bug reported:

A recent update to unattended-upgrades causes messages to be displayed
at login similar to this: "1 updates could not be installed
automatically. For more details,see /var/log/unattended-upgrades
/unattended-upgrades.log"

However, when the user has pinned/held a package, this is expected
behavior, and should not cause a warning or error. Additionally, in this
case, the the logfile that the user is directed to reference contains no
useful information.

Either the message should not be issued for pinned packages (preferred)
or the logfile that the user is directed to reference should contain
useful information.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Mon Dec 23 07:16:09 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-27 (1213 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-04 (505 days ago)
modified.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic:
 APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
 APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
 APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
 APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic: 2017-08-18T18:55:52.439072

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic third-party-packages

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Title:
  Misleading login message from unattended-upgrades

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A recent update to unattended-upgrades causes messages to be displayed
  at login similar to this: "1 updates could not be installed
  automatically. For more details,see /var/log/unattended-upgrades
  /unattended-upgrades.log"

  However, when the user has pinned/held a package, this is expected
  behavior, and should not cause a warning or error. Additionally, in
  this case, the the logfile that the user is directed to reference
  contains no useful information.

  Either the message should not be issued for pinned packages
  (preferred) or the logfile that the user is directed to reference
  should contain useful information.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Mon Dec 23 07:16:09 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-27 (1213 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-04 (505 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic:
   APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
   APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
   APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
   APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
  mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic: 2017-08-18T18:55:52.439072

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