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

[Marius Gedminas]

On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:10:28PM +0300, Marius Gedminas 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.
> 
> This is outdated information.
> 
> 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 on my servers to get rid of the repeated/outdated info.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?

For the record, it's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/634387

Marius Gedminas
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