[Bug 1723761] Re: unattended-upgrade hangs on shutdown when network is required for updates

[Julian Andres Klode]

grr. So we actually need to add an After=network.target there for
shutdown. For start up, we actually also need to do the whole network-
online dance, meaning

<= 1.4.y:
 After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target 

>= 1.5.y:

 After=network.target network-online.target systemd-networkd.service NetworkManager.service connman.service
 ExecStartPre=-/usr/lib/apt/apt-helper wait-online

(basically, just copy that stuff from apt-daily.service)

Installer packages are fun!

** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

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Title:
  unattended-upgrade hangs on shutdown when network is required for
  updates

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Recently an update for flashplugin-installer on xenial was available
  in the ubuntu repositories.

  During the installation of this package a blob is downloaded from
  Adobe servers, which requires network connectivity/internet access.

  Because the network interface(s) have already stopped when this
  package is installed, the server cannot be reached, thus blocking the
  shutdown process until a timeout kills the unattended-upgrades
  process.

  On my machines the shutdown takes about 30 minutes in this case. The
  systemd configuration is standard here, except for a few additional
  services.

  A possible fix could be adding After=network-online.target
  NetworkManager-wait-online.service to After= in the systemd unit file.

  As a workaround I pinned the flashplugin-installer to -1:
  #echo >/etc/apt/preferences.d/forbid_flashplugin "\
  Package: flashplugin-installer
  Pin: release *
  Pin-Priority: -1";

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