[Bug 1007835] Re: unattended-upgrade not running: installer must put Unattended-Upgrade 1 in 10periodic

[Munzir Taha (منذر طه)]

But isn't unattended-upgrades installed by default?

$ apt-cache show unattended-upgrades |grep Task
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active-full, kubuntu-active, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop

So, to configure it, you just do
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades
Applying updates on a frequent basis is an important part of keeping systems secure. By default, updates need to  │  
 │ be applied manually using package management tools. Alternatively, you can choose to have this system                 │  
 │ automatically download and install security updates.                                                                                                                 │  
 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │  
 │ Automatically download and install stable updates?                                                                                                                    │  
 │                                                                                                                                                                                                                    │
 │                                  <Yes>                                     <No> 

** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  unattended-upgrade not running: installer must put Unattended-Upgrade
  1 in 10periodic

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

Bug description:
  I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and installed the unattended upgrade package
  via `apt-get install unattended-upgrade`.  The install seemed to go
  fine.

  After a while it was clear packages were not being upgraded.  I turned
  up the verbosity and the log showed `debug_echo unattended-upgrade
  (not run)`.  Examining /etc/cron.daily/apt shows it's looking for
  `APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade` to be 1.  That should be set in
  `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic`, but alas, it's not.

  The installation process should add the following entry to
  `10periodic`:

      APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

  If not doing this was a conscious decision, please reconsider.  Users
  installing unattended-upgrade are doing so to have packages upgraded
  automatically.  It should just work.  Anything else leaves users
  exposed to security holes even though they thought they covered
  themselves.

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