Could you please test the attached patch on Xenial either by rebuilding the package or by grabbing it from https://launchpad.net/~rbalint/+archive/ubuntu/scratch ? It is expected to fix the communication between u-u and u-u-shutdown and make u-u-shutdown wait properly for u-u to finish.
** Patch added: "unattended-upgrades_0.90ubuntu0.7.patch" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1690980/+attachment/4908156/+files/unattended-upgrades_0.90ubuntu0.7.patch ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1690980 Title: unattended-upgrades does not block shutdown of system, as it is designed to To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1690980/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs