I observed this on my machine today:
mathias:~ evan$ cat /etc/motd | tail -n 3
4 packages can be updated.
8 updates are security updates.
mathias:~ evan$ apt-cache policy libsasl2-2
libsasl2-2:
Installed: 2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3
Candidate: 2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3.1
Version table:
2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3.1 0
500 http://localhost jaunty-updates/main Packages
500 http://localhost jaunty-security/main Packages
*** 2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3 0
500 http://localhost jaunty/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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update-notifier can miscount updates when present in both -updates and -security
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/381095
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