[Bug 1018367] Re: Unable to remove unattended-upgrades

[Aiman Baharna]

I think it is a bug, because I did not create the file
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades. It seems to appear on a fresh
install.

More importantly, because of the existence of this file, I cannot change
the policy of automatic upgrades in the Software Sources window, because
the option is disabled.

Removing the file fixes the issue. But it doesn't solve why the file is
there in the first place. What is to stop it reappearing?

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Title:
  Unable to remove unattended-upgrades

Status in “unattended-upgrades” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The presence of /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades (in package
  unattended-upgrades) prevents editing the option for deciding how
  security updates should be handled in Software Sources dialog
  (Software Sources -> Updates -> When there are security updates). In
  fact, the combo box for this option is disabled.

  However, I cannot remove unattended-upgrades. Because attempting to do so display this:
  > sudo apt-get remove unattended-upgrades
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
    launchpad-getkeys yad
  Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    docbook-xsl kate-data katepart kde-runtime kde-runtime-data kdebase-runtime kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data
    kdelibs5-plugins kdoctools libattica0 libclucene0ldbl libdbusmenu-qt2 libdlrestrictions1 libiodbc2
    libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5
    libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
    libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkpty4 libkrosscore4
    libktexteditor4 libmysqlclient16 libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libntrack-qt4-1
    libntrack0 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql-mysql libsolid4
    libsoprano4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libthreadweaver4 mysql-common ntrack-module-libnl-0 phonon
    phonon-backend-gstreamer plasma-scriptengine-javascript shared-desktop-ontologies soprano-daemon
  Suggested packages:
    docbook-xsl-doc-html docbook-xsl-doc-pdf docbook-xsl-doc-text docbook-xsl-doc libsaxon-java
    docbook-xsl-saxon fop xalan dbtoepub djvulibre-bin hspell libqt4-dev phonon-backend-vlc
    phonon-backend-xine phonon-backend-mplayer
  Recommended packages:
    virtuoso-minimal kubuntu-debug-installer icoutils libcanberra-pulse libcanberra-gstreamer
  The following packages will be REMOVED
    aptdaemon apturl language-selector-gnome python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon-gtk
    python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-aptdaemon.gtkwidgets python-software-properties sessioninstaller
    software-center software-properties-gtk unattended-upgrades xubuntu-desktop xul-ext-ubufox
    y-ppa-manager
  The following NEW packages will be installed
    docbook-xsl kate-data katepart kde-runtime kde-runtime-data kdebase-runtime kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-data
    kdelibs5-plugins kdoctools libattica0 libclucene0ldbl libdbusmenu-qt2 libdlrestrictions1 libiodbc2
    libkatepartinterfaces4 libkcmutils4 libkde3support4 libkdecore5 libkdesu5 libkdeui5 libkdewebkit5
    libkdnssd4 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkio5 libkjsapi4 libkjsembed4
    libkmediaplayer4 libknewstuff3-4 libknotifyconfig4 libkntlm4 libkparts4 libkpty4 libkrosscore4
    libktexteditor4 libmysqlclient16 libnepomuk4 libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libntrack-qt4-1
    libntrack0 libphonon4 libplasma3 libpolkit-qt-1-1 libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql-mysql libsolid4
    libsoprano4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libthreadweaver4 mysql-common ntrack-module-libnl-0 phonon
    phonon-backend-gstreamer plasma-scriptengine-javascript shared-desktop-ontologies soprano-daemon
  0 upgraded, 61 newly installed, 15 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

  A temporary workaround is to comment out  all the content in
  /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.

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