On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:05:57PM +0400, Evgeny Kapun wrote:
> Package: unattended-upgrades
> Version: 0.80~exp2

Thanks for your bugreport.
 
> With the default configuration file package selection will be done based on 
> Suite, not Codename:
> 
> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades:
> ...
> Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern {
> ...
>         "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security";
> };
> ...
> 
> This means that, after a new Debian release migrates to stable, 
> unattended-upgrades will happily install packages from that new release. 
> Security updates are intended to not break anything, but only if the update 
> is for the same Debian release. I think the default configuration should 
> contain something like this instead:
> 
> ...
>         "origin=Debian,codename=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security";
> ...
> 
> This way, only updates for the current release will be installed, and the 
> administrator wouldn't need to edit the configuration file each time a new 
> Debian version is released.

Indeed, a good point. Fixed in bzr and it will be part of the next
upload.

Cheers,
 Michael


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