This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.192.27 --------------- update-notifier (3.192.27) focal; urgency=medium
* Notify user about stale updates information in motd (LP: #1842159) * Make /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available world-readable (LP: #1844704) * data/update-motd-hwe-eol: Run as a regular user without printing errors (LP: #185527) * data/update-motd-hwe-eol: Shortcut script when running in a container. There is no point in checking the HWE stack in a container since upgrading it would not affect the host system. (LP: #1855290) * data/update-motd-fsck-at-reboot: Shortcut script when running it as a regular user (LP: #185527) -- Balint Reczey <rbal...@ubuntu.com> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:02:52 +0100 ** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842159 Title: Please suggest running apt update & apt upgrade in MOTD when list of available packages is old Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in update-notifier source package in Xenial: New Status in update-notifier source package in Bionic: New Status in update-notifier source package in Disco: New Status in update-notifier source package in Eoan: New Bug description: [Impact] * Users don't have up to date information about available updates when network connectivity or other issues prevented automated apt updates. * It is desired to give the user accurate and up to date information about available updates or warn them if the information is outdated. * The fix notifies user about stale updates information in MOTD [Test Case] * Install update-motd and the the fixed package. * Observe the output of sudo update-motd printing the usual output * "Date back" the updates information: $ sudo touch -t 01010101 /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available * Observe the output of sudo update-motd printing warning about outdated update information. * Remove the updates information: $ sudo rm /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available * Observe the output of sudo update-motd printing warning about outdated update information. [Regression Potential] * An error may be printed in MOTD or the warning message may appear needlessly in case of making a mistake in implementing the fix. [Original Bug Text] When logging into a system where the package list is not updated for long time (for example because is offline) I may see: ... 0 updates can be installed immediately. 0 of these updates are security updates. .. Which is true, but the user may think that there are no available updates released. Also, if the /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available is missing (which can happen due to network connectivity issues of due to bugs) there is no mention of updates in MOTD. If the /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available is older than a few days (weeks?) or it is missing and the packages list is older than a few days (weeks?) please recommend running apt update & upgrade in the MOTD snippet: ... The list of available updates is not refreshed in N days. Please run "sudo apt update" and then "sudo apt upgrade" to keep your system up to date. ... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1842159/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp