ssh session says updates are available but apt-get update; apt-get upgrade doesn't install any

[Brent Bolin]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Marius Gedminas <marius at pov.lt> wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 12:40:11PM -0500, Brent Bolin wrote:
>> Linux myth 2.6.32-31-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 8 18:25:51 UTC
>> 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
>>
>> Welcome to Ubuntu!
>>  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> 0 packages can be updated.
>> 0 updates are security updates.
>>
>
> This is accurate information.
>
>> Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
>>
>> Welcome to Ubuntu!
>>  * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/
>>
>> 37 packages can be updated.
>> 13 updates are security updates.
>>
>> 37 packages can be updated.
>> 13 updates are security updates.
>> 37 packages can be updated.
>> 13 updates are security updates.
>
> This is outdated information.
>
>> No mail.
>> Last login: Tue May  3 12:32:23 2011 from brent-laptop
>> root at myth:~# lsb_release -a
>> No LSB modules are available.
>> Distributor ID:       Ubuntu
>> Description:  Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
>> Release:      10.04
>> Codename:     lucid
>>
>> Any ideas
>
> I've no clue what caused this; I've been doing
>
>  sudo rm /etc/motd.tail
>
> on my servers to get rid of the repeated/outdated info.
>
> I think something about an upgrade from a version that used update-motd
> to a version that uses pam_motd is messed up.
>
> Have you looked for bug reports on Launchpad?
>
> Marius Gedminas
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> refactored them).
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>

No just a little googling.  Your solution fixed it.  Was trying to
figure out where the message was being generated.  You hit the nail on
the head.

Thanks