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  1. Bug #226780
  2. Comment #1

Comment 1 for bug 226780

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Mark Goldfinch (mark-goldfinch) wrote :

I can confirm this is a problem for servers in environments which require the use of an http proxy for outbound HTTP:

Excerpt from ps uaxww at local time 08:15:

root 6779 0.0 0.3 2432 880 ? S 06:25 0:00 /USR/SBIN/CRON
root 6780 0.0 0.1 1772 484 ? Ss 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh -c test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
root 6781 0.0 0.2 1700 548 ? S 06:25 0:00 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
root 6783 0.0 0.2 1772 516 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/apt
root 6812 0.0 0.2 1772 516 ? S 06:42 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/apt-key net-update
root 6816 0.0 0.5 3868 1428 ? S 06:42 0:00 wget -q -N http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/project/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

The problem machine is 8.04.2 server. In this current state "apt-key net-update" prevents unattended-upgrades from running.

Please see attached for a proposed patch to fix this problem..