Extraneous files left in apt config directories

[KimbroVargas]

N: Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'getdeb.list.bck' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: The package secondlife needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
multiverse restricted main' #Added by software-properties
kimbro-vargas@kimbro-vargas-HP-Pavilion-dv5-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
that depend on them) to function properly:
 secondlife SecondLife client

how do I fix it

[KimbroVargas (wolfieredmoon)]

need help

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Why did you not even tell us which version of Ubuntu you are using?

Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 1644244

Please then change the bug status from "Incomplete" to "New" if that is not changed for you automatically.

When reporting bugs please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

Also please don't assign bugs to yourself unless you are able to fix the issue that you are experiencing.

[vvhk (vvhk-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Got this too whenever I use apt, on fresh new 16.10 installation:

N: Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension

This file seems to have been left over from I don't know which package ("dist" suggests a distribution template for the actual installed file):

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist

They're different tho':

$ cat 20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

$ cat 20auto-upgrades
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

Removing the -dist file stopped apt-get from complaining.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

We now ignore .ucf-dist files. The ".bck" is your problem, that's not supported, and never will be (use .bak, .save, .orig instead).

apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "~$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.disabled$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.bak$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.dpkg-[a-z]+$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.ucf-[a-z]+$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.save$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.orig$");
apt-pkg/init.cc: Cnf.Set("Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently::", "\\.distUpgrade$");