Now update-manager works again. It detected new updates this morning and it was able to down load the updates and is now installing them...
...update-manager offerd a new /etc/init.d/spamd which instead of ''#!/bin/bash'' had ''#!/bin/bash -e'' and then everything is working. I guess this also relates to bug #76861 -- Problem with spampd stops updating (update-manager) https://launchpad.net/bugs/93785 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs