Bug#837740: apt: apt-timer disabled during upgrade

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#837740: apt: apt-timer disabled during upgrade
From: Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen@avasys.jp>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:31:10 +0900
Message-id: <[🔎] 87lgyvmcup.fsf@helix.nebula.avasys.jp>
Reply-to: Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen@avasys.jp>, 837740@bugs.debian.org

Package: apt
Version: 1.3~rc4
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Sandbox "";
APT::Sandbox::User "_apt";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.5\.0-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-4\.6\.0-1-amd64$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "contrib/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "non-free/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections "";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "contrib/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "non-free/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Move-Autobit-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Enable "1";
APT::Periodic::Verbose "2";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages-Debdelta "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "2";
APT::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::AutomaticRemove "true";
APT::Get::Purge "true";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "0";
APT::Compressor::lz4 "";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Name "lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Extension ".lz4";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Binary "false";
APT::Compressor::lz4::Cost "50";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "100";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-6n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "200";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "300";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "400";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::planners "";
Dir::Bin::planners:: "/usr/lib/apt/planners";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Bin::gzip "/bin/gzip";
Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lz4 "/usr/bin/lz4";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Log::Planner "eipp.log.xz";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowWeakRepositories "0";
Acquire::AllowDowngradeToInsecureRepositories "0";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom";
Acquire::IndexTargets "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/binary-$(ARCHITECTURE)/Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatMetaKey "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::ShortDescription "Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) $(ARCHITECTURE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Packages";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Packages::Optional "0";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/i18n/Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatMetaKey "$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::ShortDescription "Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb::Translations::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Translation-$(LANGUAGE)";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources "";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::MetaKey "$(COMPONENT)/source/Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatMetaKey "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::ShortDescription "Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Description "$(RELEASE)/$(COMPONENT) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::flatDescription "$(RELEASE) Sources";
Acquire::IndexTargets::deb-src::Sources::Optional "0";
Acquire::Changelogs "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Debian "http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Tanglu "http://metadata.tanglu.org/changelogs/@CHANGEPATH@_changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ubuntu "http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog";;
Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Origin::Ultimedia "http://packages.ultimediaos.com/changelogs/pool/@CHANGEPATH@/changelog.txt";;
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin "";
Acquire::Changelogs::AlwaysOnline::Origin::Ubuntu "1";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://10.0.1.1:8080/";;
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
Acquire::CompressionTypes "";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::xz "xz";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::bz2 "bzip2";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lzma "lzma";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::gz "gzip";
Acquire::CompressionTypes::lz4 "lz4";
Aptitude "";
Aptitude::Get-Root-Command "sudo:/usr/bin/sudo";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/bin/test -e /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service && /usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bin/gdbus call --system --dest org.freedesktop.PackageKit --object-path /org/freedesktop/PackageKit --timeout 4 --method org.freedesktop.PackageKit.StateHasChanged cache-update > /dev/null; /bin/echo > /dev/null";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
RPM "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
Binary "apt-config";
Binary::apt "";
Binary::apt::APT "";
Binary::apt::APT::Color "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Show::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::AllVersions "0";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVirtuals "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::Search::Version "2";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cache::ShowVersion "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Get "";
Binary::apt::APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd "";
Binary::apt::APT::Cmd::Show-Update-Stats "1";
Binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "0";
Binary::apt::DPkg "";
Binary::apt::DPkg::Progress-Fancy "1";
Binary::apt-get "";
Binary::apt-get::Acquire "";
Binary::apt-get::Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories "1";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# Initial, network-less system installation used:
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Stretch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160314-06:03]/ stretch main

-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable.list --

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable main
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stable-updates main

-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-testing.list --

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing-updates main

It appears the upgrade from 1.3~rc2 to 1.3~rc4 has disabled the "daily"
APT jobs on my system.  Investigating, I found the following

  $ sudo journalctl | grep 'Daily apt'
  [...]
  Sep 06 07:16:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 06 07:16:59 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 06 18:45:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 06 18:45:50 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 07 14:42:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 07 14:42:57 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 07 22:14:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 07 22:14:50 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 08 15:04:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 08 15:04:56 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 09 03:11:49 helix systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt activities...
  Sep 09 03:12:00 helix systemd[1]: Started Daily apt activities.
  Sep 09 07:48:48 helix systemd[1]: Stopped Daily apt activities.

and that 'Stopped' message corresponds with the time of the upgrade.
The timestamp for the daily jobs hasn't changed since

  $ ls -l /var/lib/systemd/timers/stamp-apt-daily.timer 
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep  9 03:11 /var/lib/systemd/timers/stamp-apt-daily.timer

and I also see

  $ systemctl list-timers --all apt-daily.timer
  NEXT LEFT LAST                         PASSED     UNIT            ACTIVATES
  n/a  n/a  Fri 2016-09-09 03:11:49 JST  5 days ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service

I did not expect a simple upgrade to disable the "daily" upgrades.

FTR, I did have an *empty* /etc/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer.d/ at the
time of the upgrade.  I have been trying (unsuccessfully, so far) to get
my "daily" upgrades to run *once* a day only and sometime between 5 and
7 in the morning.

Also, I have

  $ cat /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/apt-daily.timer.dsh-also 
  /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/apt-daily.timer
  $ cat /var/lib/systemd/deb-systemd-helper-enabled/timers.target.wants/apt-daily.timer 
  $

I have looked at the apt.{pre,post}{inst,rm} files but don't quite
understand what all that deb-systemd-* stuff is (supposed to be) doing
with apt-daily.timer, but I gather I should re-enable the timer with

  $ systemctl start apt-daily.timer

Which, after a little while, results in

  $ systemctl list-timers apt-daily.timer
  NEXT                         LEFT     LAST                         PASSED       UNIT            ACTIVATES
Thu 2016-09-15 02:33:47 JST  15h left Wed 2016-09-14 11:25:22 JST  2min 26s ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service

So, I have my "daily" APT jobs back again, but you may want to look into
why that timers was and *stayed* disabled as the result of an upgrade.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.115
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gpgv                    1.4.20-6
ii  init-system-helpers     1.42
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.3~rc4
ii  libc6                   2.23-5
ii  libgcc1                 1:6.1.1-11
ii  libstdc++6              6.1.1-11

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  gnupg   1.4.20-6
ii  gnupg2  2.1.11-7

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
pn  dpkg-dev        <none>
pn  powermgmt-base  <none>
pn  python-apt      <none>
ii  synaptic        0.83+b1

-- no debconf information

Hope this helps,
-- 
Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2       FLOSS Engineer -- EPSON AVASYS CORPORATION
       Free Software Foundation Associate Member since 2004-01-27
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