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

[Daniel Convissor]

Public bug reported:

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.

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

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

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

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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