[Bug 1980589] Re: Reports that there are updates but there are none

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

I have seen the same today on a RISC-V system on Jammy

Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.17.0-1002-allwinner riscv64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

  System information as of Fri Jul  8 13:28:53 UTC 2022

  System load:           0.55224609375
  Usage of /:            9.6% of 28.68GB
  Memory usage:          19%
  Swap usage:            0%
  Temperature:           49.9 C
  Processes:             98
  Users logged in:       1
  IPv4 address for eth0: 192.168.123.96
  IPv6 address for eth0: 2002:3e8f:5e6d:0:e075:70ff:fe58:b3e1


15 updates can be applied immediately.
14 of these updates are standard security updates.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable


Last login: Fri Jul  8 14:34:47 2022
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for ubuntu: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ 


After running sudo apt-get update the difference vanishes.

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Title:
  Reports that there are updates but there are none

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in update-notifier source package in Jammy:
  New

Bug description:
  When i login on my ubuntu server it reports that there updates but
  when you look there are non see example below:

  Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-40-generic x86_64)

   * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
   * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
   * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

    System information as of Sun Jul  3 07:41:29 AM UTC 2022

    System load:            0.12353515625
    Usage of /:             26.7% of 9.75GB
    Memory usage:           9%
    Swap usage:             0%
    Processes:              302
    Users logged in:        0
    IPv4 address for ens33: 192.168.200.113
    IPv6 address for ens33: some ipv6 adress

  53 updates can be applied immediately.
  33 of these updates are standard security updates.
  To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable

  Last login: Sun Jul  3 07:41:29 2022 from 192.168.200.101
  bas at ubuntu-server:~$ sudo -i
  [sudo] password for bas:
  root at ubuntu-server:~# apt list --upgradable
  Listing... Done

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: update-notifier-common 3.192.54
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-40.43-generic 5.15.35
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-40-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  Date: Sun Jul  3 07:43:21 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-07-03 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220421)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-notifier
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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