Files in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ are read when unattended-upgrade is run and
not when u-u.service is started thus it is safe to assume that configuration
changes take place without restarting u-u.service.
On the other hand there are cases when u-u does not respect pinning like the
one reported here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838920
Are all the repositories trusted on the affected systems?
** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #838920
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838920
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734285
Title:
unattended-upgrades.service ignores (changes in)
/etc/apt/preferences.d/ files
Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
unattended-upgrades.service ignores (changes in)
/etc/apt/preferences.d/ files that are done after the service has
started.
For example we 'pin' firefox on to a specific version and if a
configuration file is placed after the service is started, the pinning
is ignored. In our sitation that results in a newer firefox then we
want at this moment.
We run Ubuntu on 2000+ workstations and our users often start a
workstation and let it run for days/weeks before rebooting and thus
restarting the service unattended-upgrades again.
I did not test if changes in other apt files are ignored also.
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