[Bug 1719630] Re: unattended-upgrades uses dpkg-vendor but doesn't depend on dpkg-dev

[Brian Murray]

** Also affects: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu Artful)
   Importance: High
       Status: In Progress

** Tags removed: rls-aa-incoming

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Title:
  unattended-upgrades uses dpkg-vendor but doesn't depend on dpkg-dev

Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Artful:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  in its postinst script unattended-upgrade uses dpkg-vendor from dpkg-
  dev but does not depends on dpkg-dev which results in the following
  error:

  
  # apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

  Installing the packages goes well, except for, getting this warning.

  Setting up unattended-upgrades (0.97ubuntu1) ...
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: 65:
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: dpkg-vendor: not found
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: 66:
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: dpkg-vendor: not found
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: 124:
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: dpkg-vendor: not found
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: 125:
  /var/lib/dpkg/info/unattended-upgrades.postinst: dpkg-vendor: not found

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
  Package: unattended-upgrades 0.97ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1
  Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Tue Sep 26 10:01:05 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-03 (1483 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130902)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unattended-upgrades
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.50unattended-upgrades: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.apt.apt.conf.d.50unattended-upgrades: 2017-09-05T01:34:04.573213

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