Control: fixed -1 0.79.5+wheezy3 On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:06:08 -0500 Marco Galicia <galprasma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: unattended-upgrades > Version: 0.79.5+wheezy1 > Followup-For: Bug #762965 > > Dear Maintainer, > > I have been running unattended-upgrades in some sistems, it has performed weel until now. > Im using unattended-upgrades to keep the software in my organzation main server up to date. For extra security i have added the parameter n=wheezy. > I have also some desktops machines using the same package but with the option "a=stable". The reason for this is because they are more visible and is less likely > that these machines are to be forgotten during jessie release. > > This was a total failure, i just noticed that i'm some weeks lagging in security updates in the server, investigating further i have come to this bug. > > I think because these simple name issue the package should add a warning, fixed, or simply be dropped from wheezy, because it can compromise integrity or security > of the system, and there is the cron-apt alternative. > > > The python-apt package mencioned before now is in a newer version in jessie and wheezy and therefore > not installable, so there is no safe workaround for this bug now. > > Is it fixable?
It is fixed in later releases, and in Wheezy as well. Cheers, Balint