Hi Michael On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 08:32:08AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: > The erorr message looks like something in python-apt goes wrong (or in > the way u-u interacts with python-apt). Do you get a more meaningful > error message if you run: > # unattended-upgrades --debug > on a terminal?
For some reason this problem seems to only show if unattended-upgrades is called by cron. I've primed one machine with an extra debug flag. I see at least six machines exhibiting this behaviour. > Is there anything "unusual" about the system? What apt/python-apt > version are in use? I don't see anything unusual about this systems. ii apt 1.0.9.8 amd64 commandline package manager ii apt-utils 1.0.9.8 amd64 package management related utility programs ii libapt-inst1.5:amd64 1.0.9.8 amd64 deb package format runtime library ii libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 1.0.9.8 amd64 package management runtime library ii python-apt 0.9.3.11 amd64 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii python-apt-common 0.9.3.11 all Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales) ii python3-apt 0.9.3.11 amd64 Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg ii python 2.7.9-1 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version) ii python-minimal 2.7.9-1 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default version) ii python2.7 2.7.9-2 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7) ii python2.7-minimal 2.7.9-2 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7) ii python3 3.4.2-2 amd64 interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version) ii python3-apt 0.9.3.11 amd64 Python 3 interface to libapt-pkg ii python3-minimal 3.4.2-2 amd64 minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version) ii python3.4 3.4.2-1 amd64 Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.4) ii python3.4-minimal 3.4.2-1 amd64 Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.4) Bastian -- Violence in reality is quite different from theory. -- Spock, "The Cloud Minders", stardate 5818.4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org