Your message dated Tue, 8 Nov 2011 17:53:47 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#640327: creates empty files
unattended-upgrades-dpkg_*.log if no upgrades are available
has caused the Debian Bug report #640327,
regarding creates empty files unattended-upgrades-dpkg_*.log if no upgrades are
available
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: unattended-upgrades
Version: 0.72.3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
A few lines from todays u-a run:
==> /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log <==
2011-09-04 14:03:31,971 INFO Initial blacklisted packages:
2011-09-04 14:03:31,972 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script
2011-09-04 14:03:31,972 INFO Allowed origins are: ['o=Debian,a=unstable']
2011-09-04 14:03:34,530 INFO Packages that are auto removed: ''
2011-09-04 14:03:34,531 INFO Packages that are upgraded:
2011-09-04 14:03:34,531 INFO Writing dpkg log to
'/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2011-09-04_14:03:34.531683.log'
2011-09-04 14:03:36,752 INFO All upgrades installed
However, there were no available upgrades but an empty log file was created.
Thanks
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages unattended-upgrades depends on:
ii apt 0.8.15.6
ii apt-utils 0.8.15.6
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.41
ii lsb-release 3.2-28
ii python 2.6.7-3
ii python-apt 0.8.0
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu2
unattended-upgrades recommends no packages.
Versions of packages unattended-upgrades suggests:
pn bsd-mailx <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades changed:
// Automatically upgrade packages from these (origin, archive) pairs
Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern {
"o=Debian,a=unstable";
// "origin=Debian,label=Debian-Security,archive=stable";
// "o=Debian,a=stable";
// "o=Debian,a=oldstable";
// "o={distro_id},a=${distro_codename}-proposed-updates";
};
// List of packages to not update
Unattended-Upgrade::Package-Blacklist {
// "vim";
// "libc6";
// "libc6-dev";
// "libc6-i686";
};
// This option allows you to control if on a unclean dpkg exit
// unattended-upgrades will automatically run
// dpkg --force-confold --configure -a
// The default is true, to ensure updates keep getting installed
//Unattended-Upgrade::AutoFixInterruptedDpkg "false";
// Split the upgrade into the smallest possible chunks so that
// they can be interrupted with SIGUSR1. This makes the upgrade
// a bit slower but it has the benefit that shutdown while a upgrade
// is running is possible (with a small delay)
//Unattended-Upgrades::MinimalSteps "true";
// Send email to this address for problems or packages upgrades
// If empty or unset then no email is sent, make sure that you
// have a working mail setup on your system. The package 'mailx'
// must be installed or anything that provides /usr/bin/mail.
Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root";
// Set this value to "true" to get emails only on errors. Default
// is to always send a mail if Unattended-Upgrade::Mail is set
//Unattended-Upgrade::MailOnlyOnError "true";
// Do automatic removal of new unused dependencies after the upgrade
// (equivalent to apt-get autoremove)
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";
// Automatically reboot *WITHOUT CONFIRMATION* if a
// the file /var/run/reboot-required is found after the upgrade
//Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "false";
// Use apt bandwidth limit feature, this example limits the download
// speed to 70kb/sec
//Acquire::http::Dl-Limit "70";
-- debconf information:
* unattended-upgrades/enable_auto_updates: true
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 06:26:19PM +0300, Teodor MICU wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2011/9/19 Michael Vogt <m...@debian.org>:
> >> 2011-09-04 14:03:34,531 INFO Packages that are upgraded:
> >> 2011-09-04 14:03:34,531 INFO Writing dpkg log to
> >> '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2011-09-04_14:03:34.531683.log'
> >> 2011-09-04 14:03:36,752 INFO All upgrades installed
> >>
> >> However, there were no available upgrades but an empty log file was
> >> created.
> >
> > Did it mention anything about packages being kept back in the logs?
>
> I reproduced this again right now because there are 0 upgrades after
> today's automatic run (via cron). What I've sent you is all I get. The
> above lines where from the short log (u-a.log), the specific log with
> the timestamp is an empty file.
>
> > Looking at the code this appears to be the a case when it can write
> > this empty log file. If that is the case, I will add some code to fix
> > it.
[..]
This should be fixed in the 0.74 version, no more empty dpkg log file if
nothing needs upgrading.
Cheers,
Michael
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