Matthew, note that the change I was trying to make did not take effect. This might be independent of the warning message, but it's the real problem being reported. As noted, omitting "-fnoninteractive" enables it to work, but as I'm trying to do this in a script, that omission is not a reasonable option.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606600 Title: dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades results in update-rc.d warning that start and stop actions are no longer supported Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm trying to script a change to the automatic updating of servers, and tried the following: echo "debconf unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean false" | debconf-set-selections - dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive unattended-upgrades The result, however, is a warning message: update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults At this point, the change I tried to make seems to be lost. To show this in an expanded sequence: root@brennan:/home/ubuntu# debconf-show unattended-upgrades * unattended-upgrades/origins_pattern: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security"; * unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates: true root@brennan:/home/ubuntu# echo "debconf unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates boolean false" | debconf-set-selections - root@brennan:/home/ubuntu# debconf-show unattended-upgrades * unattended-upgrades/origins_pattern: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security"; * unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates: false root@brennan:/home/ubuntu# dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive unattended-upgrades update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults root@brennan:/home/ubuntu# debconf-show unattended-upgrades * unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates: true * unattended-upgrades/origins_pattern: "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security"; If I omit the "-fnoninteractive" option to dpkg-reconfigure, I still get the warning message, but the change IS accepted and takes effect. Of course, this isn't useful in a script that should be run non- interactively. I've tried the equivalent commands to reconfigure other packages, and they work without error message, so I believe the problem is with unattended-upgrades, not with debconf/dpkg- reconfigure. This problem affects Ubuntu 16.04.1 (and probably 16.04 GA, but I've not tested it). It works as expected with Ubuntu 14.04. (That version, of course, defeaults to "false" for the unattended- upgrades/enable_auto_updates value. I've tested both with the default "false" value and after changing it to "true," with successful runs both times.) Version information, as requested: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Release: 16.04 $ apt-cache policy unattended-upgrades unattended-upgrades: Installed: 0.90 Candidate: 0.90 Version table: *** 0.90 500 500 http://192.168.1.2//ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 500 http://192.168.1.2//ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy debconf debconf: Installed: 1.5.58ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.5.58ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.5.58ubuntu1 500 500 http://192.168.1.2//ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 500 http://192.168.1.2//ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1606600/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
