I can confirm this is a problem for servers in environments which require the use of an http proxy for outbound HTTP:
Excerpt from ps uaxww at local time 08:15: root 6779 0.0 0.3 2432 880 ? S 06:25 0:00 /USR/SBIN/CRON root 6780 0.0 0.1 1772 484 ? Ss 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh -c test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) root 6781 0.0 0.2 1700 548 ? S 06:25 0:00 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily root 6783 0.0 0.2 1772 516 ? S 06:25 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/apt root 6812 0.0 0.2 1772 516 ? S 06:42 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/apt-key net-update root 6816 0.0 0.5 3868 1428 ? S 06:42 0:00 wget -q -N http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/project/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg The problem machine is 8.04.2 server. In this current state "apt-key net-update" prevents unattended-upgrades from running. Please see attached for a proposed patch to fix this problem.. ** Attachment added: "etc-cron.daily-apt.patch" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22559869/etc-cron.daily-apt.patch -- apt-key net-update does not obey APT::Acquire::http::Proxy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226780 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
