/etc/cron.daily/apt doesn't run apt-get update anymore

I do confirm that the missing escapes in front of the two quotation marks in the script /etc/cron.daily/apt on row 460 cause malfunction. Adding those escapes makes the script work again and notifying the user of any updates.

As far as I can tell, the "if eval ..." lines should not include "eval"...

Log of failure with "if eval ..."

Log of removing the "eval" from the "if" lines (works correctly).

This seems to fix both the lack of VERBOSE-override and the misplaced "eval"s.

This was tested as root via:
rm /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp; VERBOSE=3 /etc/cron.daily/apt >/tmp/logfile 2>&1

after fixing the incorrect VERBOSE environment handling in the script.

21:04 < slangasek> kees: yes; the eval isn't the cause of that error
21:04 < slangasek> the 'update' needs to be moved to the end of the commandline, after the -o
...
21:10 < slangasek> so, ok, the eval isn't broken, just CRAAAAAZZY

In this case, I think the originally proposed patch is better.

Many thanks for the patch! I uploaded it now, it currently in the approval queue.

This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.7.23.1ubuntu2

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apt (0.7.23.1ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * debian/control:
    - fix Vcr-Bzr header

  [ Kees Cook ]
  * debian/apt.cron.daily:
    - fix quotes for use with "eval", thanks to Lars Ljung (LP: #449535).

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:05:19 +0200

Documented at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/ReleaseNotes#Upgrade%20from%20beta%20must%20be%20triggered%20manually>:

A bug in the apt package included in the Ubuntu 9.10 Beta prevents automatic notification of available package updates. Users who have installed or upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 prior to the Release Candidate should ensure that updates are being made available by running update-manager manually, clicking Check, and installing the presented updates. (449535)

So users who installed Beta should not except any fix of this? They have to run update-manager manually every time they want to check if updates are available? Or will it be repaired?

geckon - no you only need to run update-manager manually one time and then you will have the fix installed.

I use "aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade" regularly, so I should have up-to-date system, but I didn't noticed automatic run of update-manager. Maybe I check updates too often :-D

A notification is given once a week as default.

Run the command,
$ gconf-editor /apps/update-notifier/regular_auto_launch_interval
and you can change that down to once a day.

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 04:28:04PM -0000, Brian Murray wrote:
> geckon - no you only need to run update-manager manually one time and
> then you will have the fix installed.

More precisely, you have to run update-manager once to grab the list of
updated packages, *and then install them* in order to get the fixed version
of this script.

Running update-manager and closing it again without checking for updates
won't do the trick ;)

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