I've uploaded a SRU to bionic for the fix, cosmic doesn't have livepatch so the SRU is not useful there
** Description changed: + * Impact + update-notifier let livepatch-notification zombie processes + + * Test case + wait for a livepatch update/notification, after the notification is dismissed there should be no zombie process + + * Regression potential + Check that the livepatch notifications are correctly displayed still + + --------------------------------- + This is Ubuntu 18.04.1 with update-notifier version apt-cache policy update-notifier update-notifier: - Installed: 3.192.1.4 - Candidate: 3.192.1.4 + Installed: 3.192.1.4 + Candidate: 3.192.1.4 As shown here - https://imageshack.com/i/pl753Ekfp AFAICT I don't have livepatch enabled. Running: chris@localhost:/var/log$ ps axo stat,ppid,pid,comm | grep -w defunct Z+ 3283 3290 livepatch-notif <defunct> 3283 chris 20 0 585404 23776 17608 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.09 update- - notifier - + notifier + 3290 chris 20 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 - livepatch-notif + livepatch-notif It's no big deal to remove the zombie by killing update-notifier however I don't know if that's the right thing to do or not and why is livepatch-notif always a zombie process after a restart? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1809505 Title: 'Livepatch-Notif' is always a zombie process after a system restart To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1809505/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
