Maybe this dbg output from updates_available helps reveal the issue: ___update_needed() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:22:332517641 ___update_needed(): mycache = 2017-04-19 17:56:55:299087230 ___update_needed(): /var/lib/apt = 2017-04-19 17:57:20:275457556 ___update_needed(): /var/lib/apt/lists = 2017-04-19 17:56:48:442985575 ------ mycache ^^^ 1 0 ------ mycache ### ___update_needed() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:22:335366171 (rc=0) ___update_cache() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:22:335890178 ___update_cache() about to run update-notifier: 2017-04-19 17:56:55:299087230 --- mycache ^^^ 1 0 --- mycache ### flock -xn "/dev/shm/byobu-username-IPAtHq8s/cache.tmux/updates-available.lock" /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check 2>&1 | awk '-F;' 'END { print $1, $2 }' >"/dev/shm/byobu-username-IPAtHq8s/cache.tmux/updates-available" 2>/dev/null & ___update_cache() after running update-notifier (rc=0 pid=23482) in the background: 2017-04-19 17:57:22:331488041 ---- mycache ^^^ ---- mycache ### ___update_cache() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:22:343179552 ___update_available() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:22:343674285 ___update_available() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:29:349651054 ___print_updates() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:29:350254352 ----- mycache ^^^ 1 0 ----- mycache ### ___print_updates() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:29:351550685 ___update_needed() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:29:352151300 ___update_needed(): mycache = 2017-04-19 17:57:23:307502514 ___update_needed(): /var/lib/apt = 2017-04-19 17:57:20:275457556 ___update_needed(): /var/lib/apt/lists = 2017-04-19 17:56:48:442985575 ------ mycache ^^^ 1 0 ------ mycache ### ___update_needed() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:29:356254254 (rc=1) ___update_available() exit 2017-04-19 17:57:29:356856277 ___update_available() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:36:364345395 ___print_updates() entr 2017-04-19 17:57:36:364951726 ----- mycache ^^^ 1 0 ----- mycache ###
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