Public bug reported: With "Security" and "Other" updates both set to "Display Immediately", Update Manager simply ignores any "Other" updates. It's done this for all of 16.04, IIRC, and certainly for months even if not that long.
Today, for example: $ apt list --upgradable Listing... Done bsdutils/xenial-updates 1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] firefox/xenial-updates,xenial-security 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1] firefox-esr/xenial 60.8.0esr+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 52.9.0esr+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1] firefox-locale-en/xenial-updates,xenial-security 69.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 amd64 [upgradable from: 68.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1] libblkid1/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] libfdisk1/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] libmount1/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] libsmartcols1/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] libuuid1/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] mount/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] util-linux/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] uuid-runtime/xenial-updates 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7] Meanwhile, in Update Manager only the Firefox updates are offered at all. Nothing seems to be able to persuade it to work correctly (restarting it etc), and once the security updates have been installed it returns to falsely stating that "The machine is up to date", while apt and even the abandoned Synaptic correctly show all the other packages as being upgradeable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: update-manager 1:16.04.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-58-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Wed Sep 4 14:40:56 2019 EcryptfsInUse: Yes GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'893' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'757' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1567633200' InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-29 (1589 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu MATE 14.04.1 "Trusty Tahr" - final amd64 (20141111) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-03-18 (535 days ago) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842757 Title: update-manager does not follow settings and fails to update packages on time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1842757/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs