i did an upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 and this isn't working either. if i run it manualy : /etc/cron.daily/apt it just sits there... root@daevid:/var/lib/apt/periodic# /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0;0 root@daevid:/etc/cron.daily# strace ./apt execve("./apt", ["./apt"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8a89000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f63000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=64977, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 64977, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f53000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340g\1"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1425800, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1431152, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7df5000 mmap2(0xb7f4d000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x158) = 0xb7f4d000 mmap2(0xb7f50000, 9840, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f50000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7df4000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7df48c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f4d000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0x805d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f80000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb7f53000, 64977) = 0 getpid() = 16492 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 geteuid32() = 0 brk(0) = 0x8a89000 brk(0x8aaa000) = 0x8aaa000 getppid() = 16491 stat64("/etc/cron.daily", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("./apt", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_DUPFD, 10) = 10 close(3) = 0 fcntl64(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x8056740, ~[RTMIN RT_1], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 read(10, "#!/bin/sh\n#\n\n#set -e\n#\n# This fi"..., 8192) = 7680 open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3 fcntl64(1, F_DUPFD, 10) = 11 close(1) = 0 fcntl64(11, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(3, 1) = 1 close(3) = 0 stat64("/usr/local/sbin/which", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/local/bin/which", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/sbin/which", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/bin/which", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=946, ...}) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16493 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16493 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- dup2(11, 1) = 1 close(11) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16494 close(4) = 0 read(3, "UpdateInterval=\'1\'\nDownloadUpgra"..., 128) = 51 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16494 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16495 close(4) = 0 read(3, "AutocleanInterval=\'0\'\n", 128) = 22 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- read(3, "", 128) = 0 close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16495 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16496 close(4) = 0 read(3, "", 128) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16496 open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3 fcntl64(1, F_DUPFD, 10) = 11 close(1) = 0 fcntl64(11, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(3, 1) = 1 close(3) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16497 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16497 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- dup2(11, 1) = 1 close(11) = 0 stat64("/usr/local/sbin/on_ac_power", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/local/bin/on_ac_power", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/sbin/on_ac_power", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/bin/on_ac_power", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1697, ...}) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16498 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 255}], 0, NULL) = 16498 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = 3 fcntl64(2, F_DUPFD, 10) = 11 close(2) = 0 fcntl64(11, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(3, 2) = 2 close(3) = 0 stat64("/usr/local/sbin/apt-get", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/local/bin/apt-get", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/sbin/apt-get", 0xbf97efa8) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/bin/apt-get", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=112812, ...}) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16500 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16500 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- dup2(11, 2) = 2 close(11) = 0 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16501 close(4) = 0 read(3, "", 128) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16501 pipe([3, 4]) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16502 close(4) = 0 read(3, "11255\n", 128) = 6 read(3, "", 128) = 0 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 16502 stat64("/usr/local/sbin/sleep", 0xbf97ee48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/local/bin/sleep", 0xbf97ee48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/sbin/sleep", 0xbf97ee48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/usr/bin/sleep", 0xbf97ee48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/sbin/sleep", 0xbf97ee48) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat64("/bin/sleep", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=26060, ...}) = 0 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7df4908) = 16506 wait4(-1, and it just sits there forever... :-\