Software updater snuck in a package that is unwanted

[Bret Busby]

On 18/10/2017, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:18:07 +0800 (AWST), Bret Busby wrote:
>>:~$ grep unattended-upgrades /var/log/dpkg.log | grep \installed
>                                                        ^^
>>All that I understand from that, is that some upgrades appear to be
>>"half installed"
>
> If you would have run the line I posted, then the "status
> half-installed" would not have been shown.
>
>      grep unattended-upgrades /var/log/dpkg.log | grep \ installed
>                                                        ^^^

I am sorry - I do not see the difference between what you sought, and
what I entered.

"
I'm interested to see the output of

  grep unattended-upgrades /var/log/dpkg.log | grep \ installed
"

"
For Ralf Mardorf  (whose message has not come through on this system):

"
:~$ grep unattended-upgrades /var/log/dpkg.log | grep \installed
2017-10-17 04:57:52 status half-installed unattended-upgrades:all 0.90ubuntu0.2
2017-10-17 04:57:53 status half-installed unattended-upgrades:all 0.90ubuntu0.2
2017-10-17 04:57:57 status installed unattended-upgrades:all 0.90ubuntu0.8
"

Okay - I think that I may have worked it out - was there supposed to
be a blank space between the "\" and the "installed"?

It is (and was) not clear.

I was reading your message on one computer, in a GUI, and, entering
what I was reading, at a command line.


-- 

Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia

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