Make log/status mail contain info about "kept back" packages
Bug #245422 reported by
Thomas Ribbrock
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Michael Vogt |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unattended-upgrades
In some cases, unattended-upgrades will not execute all available upgrades (e.g. if apt holds back a package due to some other package needing to be installed additionally). Unfortunately, neither the *.log files nor the status mail of unattended-upgrades contains any information about this - you have to log in on the workstation in question and run "apt-get upgrade" manually to get this information. It would be great if unattended-upgrades could supply this information itself (especially in the mail) - that way keeping an eye on what's going on is a lot easier for an admin with several of these workstations.
Related branches
Changed in unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
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Thanks for your bugreport.
I added a summary into the mail that shows the packages kept back with the configured "origin" (security by default). However it does not show other upgradable packages that are not installed. E.g. if you have -security and -updates enabled but only -security in the unattended-upgrades whitelist it will only sent a mail about the kept backs in -security and not mention -updates. This is (for now) intentional.
Do you think it should also include other possible ugprades in the mail?