[Bug 983735] Re: unattended-upgrades doesn't upgrade all related packages

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

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

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Title:
  unattended-upgrades doesn't upgrade all related packages

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

Bug description:
  Same problem as the "fixed" bug
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-
  upgrades/+bug/336558


  
  when using unattended-upgrades, the log file reports that some packages could not be upgraded automatically due to configuration file prompt, while manual upgrades don't mention them.
   e.g.

  
  $ cat unattended-upgrades.log 
  2012-04-17 07:35:44,245 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 
  2012-04-17 07:35:44,245 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
  2012-04-17 07:35:44,245 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=precise', 'o=Ubuntu,a=precise-security', 'o=Ubuntu,a=precise-updates', 'o=LP-PPA-app-review-board,a=precise', 'o=Oracle Corporation,a=']
  2012-04-17 07:37:23,228 WARNING Package 'libgtk-3-0' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually
  2012-04-17 07:37:42,214 INFO package 'gir1.2-gtk-3.0' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:37:56,185 INFO package 'gvfs' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:37:58,019 INFO package 'gvfs-backends' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:38:15,499 INFO package 'libgail-3-0' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:38:30,845 INFO package 'libgtk-3-0' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:38:33,210 INFO package 'libgtk-3-bin' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:38:35,580 INFO package 'libgtk-3-common' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:38:37,939 INFO package 'libgtk-3-dev' not upgraded
  2012-04-17 07:39:08,353 INFO Packages that are upgraded: aisleriot apport apport-gtk apport-retrace cpp-4.6 empathy empathy-common example-content file-roller g++-4.6 gcc-4.6 gcc-4.6-base gcc-4.6-base:i386 gcc-4.6-multilib gedit gedit-common gir1.2-dbusmenu-glib-0.4 gir1.2-dbusmenu-gtk-0.4 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-3.0 gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data gnome-desktop3-data gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-screenshot gnome-settings-daemon gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal gnome-terminal-data gsettings-desktop-schemas gsettings-desktop-schemas-dev gvfs-bin gvfs-common gvfs-daemons:i386 gvfs-fuse gvfs-libs gvfs-libs:i386 gvfs:i386 lib32gcc1 lib32gomp1 lib32quadmath0 libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev libc6-dev-i386 libc6-i386 libc6:i386 libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libdbusmenu-gtk4 libgcc1 libgcc1:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgfortran3 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-dev libgnome-control-center1 libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgnome-desktop-3-dev libgomp1 libgomp1:i386 libgtksourceview-3.0-0 libgtksourceview-3.0-common libmusicbrainz3-6 libnautilus-extension1a libobjc3 libpanel-applet-4-0 libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpango1.0-dev libquadmath0 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common librsvg2-common:i386 libstdc++6 libstdc++6-4.6-dev libstdc++6:i386 mousetweaks multiarch-support nautilus nautilus-data nautilus-sendto-empathy nscd python-apport python-problem-report python-qt4 python-qt4-dbus tomboy transmission-common transmission-gtk ttf-wqy-microhei upstart usb-creator-common usb-creator-gtk vinagre vino yelp-xsl
  2012-04-17 07:39:08,353 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2012-04-17_07:39:08.353666.log'
  2012-04-17 07:40:52,196 INFO All upgrades installed

  
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  libgtk-3-0 etc all update fine with no prompts doing it manually.

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  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu precise (development branch)
  Release:	12.04

  $ apt-cache policy unattended-upgrades
  unattended-upgrades:
    Installed: 0.76
    Candidate: 0.76
    Version table:
   *** 0.76 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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