[Bug 1402183] [NEW] Unimportant update notifications are sent to root from cron script

[Martin Stjernholm]

Public bug reported:

Whenever flashplugin-installer installs a new version, the cron system
sends a mail to root:

/etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common:
flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.425.orig.tar.gz
Installing from local file /tmp/tmphusER_.gz
Flash Plugin installed.

This isn't appropriate to mail root about. /usr/lib/flashplugin-
installer/install_plugin sends some output to stdout, which is probably
reasonable. I believe the problem here is that the /etc/cron.daily
/update-notifier-common script doesn't redirect stdout to some other
place.

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

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Title:
  Unimportant update notifications are sent to root from cron script

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Whenever flashplugin-installer installs a new version, the cron system
  sends a mail to root:

  /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common:
  flashplugin-installer: downloading http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.425.orig.tar.gz
  Installing from local file /tmp/tmphusER_.gz
  Flash Plugin installed.

  This isn't appropriate to mail root about. /usr/lib/flashplugin-
  installer/install_plugin sends some output to stdout, which is
  probably reasonable. I believe the problem here is that the
  /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common script doesn't redirect stdout
  to some other place.

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