Verified with 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.2: Added a not existing dep to git: # vi /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_xenial-security_main_binary-amd64_Packages
# apt-cache show git ... Package: git Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: vcs Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape <p...@smarden.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 23556 Provides: git-completion, git-core Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libpcre3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), perl-modules, liberror-perl, git-man (>> 1:2.7.4), git-man (<< 1:2.7.4-.), zz-not-existing-dep ... # installed old git # apt install git=1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1 ... # unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose --debug Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=xenial, o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=xenial ... Checking: git ([<Origin component:'main' archive:'xenial-updates' origin:'Ubuntu' label:'Ubuntu' site:'archive.ubuntu.com' isTrusted:True>]) pkg git not in allowed origin sanity check failed pkgs that look like they should be upgraded: Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s) fetch.run() result: 0 blacklist: [] whitelist: [] Option --dry-run given, *not* performing real actions Packages that will be upgraded: InstCount=0 DelCount=0 BrokenCount=0 # Now git is not listed among packages to be installed. The message of not being in an allowed origin is correct, git from -updates is installable. There could be a better debug message and when I add the missing dep to the version in -updates, only the "sanity check failed" is printed. Users can turn to APT to explain: root@x-uu-verify:~# apt install git Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: git : Depends: zz-missing-dep-updates but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -- 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/1654070 Title: sanity check can fail for packages missing dependencies Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: I've been getting mail for days about pulseaudio-module-gconf and -module-zeroconf being upgraded, come to find out its not really happening. bdmurray@flash:~$ sudo /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade --debug --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: nvidia-304 Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: ['o=Ubuntu,a=xenial', 'o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security', 'o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-updates'] Checking: pulseaudio-module-gconf ([<Origin component:'universe' archive:'xenial-updates' origin:'Ubuntu' label:'Ubuntu' site:'192.168.10.7' isTrusted:True>]) Checking: pulseaudio-module-zeroconf ([<Origin component:'universe' archive:'xenial-updates' origin:'Ubuntu' label:'Ubuntu' site:'192.168.10.7' isTrusted:True>]) pkgs that look like they should be upgraded: pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s) fetch.run() result: 0 blacklist: ['nvidia-304'] whitelist: [] Checking the black and whitelist: pulseaudio-module-gconf Checking the black and whitelist: pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Packages that will be upgraded: pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-zeroconf Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log' All upgrades installed InstCount=0 DelCount=0 BrokenCount=0 Extracting content from '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg.log' since '2017-01-04 12:27:12' Sending mail to 'bdmurray@bizarro.watchtower.local' mail returned: 0 bdmurray@flash:~$ apt-cache policy pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio-module-gconf: Installed: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 Candidate: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 Version table: 1:8.0-0ubuntu3.1 500 500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages *** 1:8.0-0ubuntu3 500 500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1654070/+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
