[Bug 1146170] [NEW] duplicate "N packages can be updated." messages in motd

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur):

Lately I've been noticing that as I ssh into one particular server, I
get duplicate messages about updates.  Digging a bit deeper I see they
come from /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available:

    mg at fridge: ~ $ /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-
available

    0 packages can be updated.
    0 updates are security updates.

    0 packages can be updated.
    0 updates are security updates.

    0 packages can be updated.
    0 updates are security updates.

Once I saw three messages with slightly different spacing (no blank line
between 1st and 2nd, two blank lines between 2nd and 3rd).  Yesterday I
also saw a similar issue (two messages instead of one) on a different
server (running Ubuntu 10.04).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-notifier-common 0.119ubuntu8.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar  5 08:31:28 2013
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-notifier
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-31 (216 days ago)

** Affects: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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duplicate "N packages can be updated." messages in motd
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1146170
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