[Bug 1639558] Re: message regarding ignoring 50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist is annoying

[Balint Reczey]

Unattended-upgrade uses ufc(1) to manage the related conffiles and ucf
creates those copies during the update.

Starting with u-u 1.4 README.md recommends creating separate
configuration files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d to avoid updates to conflict
with local changes.

Latest apt ignores the .ucf-* files which is the right thing IMO and
either giving warning or not giving a warning is OK on apt's side.


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

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Title:
  message regarding ignoring 50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist is annoying

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in apt package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Regression problem, (in the sense it didn't happen before the update
  although not directly from the code changes)

  Since update to 0.90ubuntu0.1 (ubuntu 16.04)  I am constantly now
  getting this notification performing anything with apt.

  N: Ignoring file '50unattended-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory
  '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension

  
  Secondly I am also now getting this, triggering apport bug report on every boot (program is not checking/creating a dir before trying to write to log in it)

  syslog.1:Nov  6 10:36:26 PortegeR830 apt.systemd.daily[815]:
  FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log
  /unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: unattended-upgrades 0.90ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
  .var.log.unattended-upgrades.unattended-upgrades.log:
   2016-11-06 10:36:05,682 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 
   2016-11-06 10:36:05,682 INFO Initial whitelisted packages: 
   2016-11-06 10:36:05,683 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
   2016-11-06 10:36:05,683 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security', 'o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-updates', 'o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-backports']
   2016-11-06 10:36:21,473 INFO Packages that will be upgraded:
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Nov  6 10:59:28 2016
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic:
   APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
   APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
   APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
   APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
  mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.10periodic: 2015-05-30T16:31:54.137714
  mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.50unattended-upgrades: 2015-05-30T16:31:21.861600

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