I installed the version of base-files from Ubuntu 18.04's proposed repository and after installation of the package not timer was running for motd-news. I rebooted to see if that would active the timer and it did not.
bdmurray@clean-xenial-amd64:~$ ls -lh /var/cache/motd-news
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 18 12:32 /var/cache/motd-news
bdmurray@clean-xenial-amd64:~$ systemctl list-timers --all
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Thu 2019-07-18 21:33:41 PDT 8h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:20:38 PDT 1h 8min ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service
Fri 2019-07-19 06:01:14 PDT 16h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:20:38 PDT 1h 8min ago apt-daily-upgrade.timer apt-daily-upgrade.service
Fri 2019-07-19 12:47:35 PDT 23h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:47:35 PDT 41min ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
n/a n/a n/a n/a snapd.refresh.timer
n/a n/a n/a n/a snapd.snap-repair.timer snapd.snap-repair.service
n/a n/a n/a n/a ureadahead-stop.timer ureadahead-stop.service
I installed the version of base-files from Ubuntu 18.04's proposed repository and after installation of the package not timer was running for motd-news. I rebooted to see if that would active the timer and it did not.
bdmurray@ clean-xenial- amd64:~ $ ls -lh /var/cache/ motd-news motd-news clean-xenial- amd64:~ $ systemctl list-timers --all upgrade. timer apt-daily- upgrade. service tmpfiles- clean.timer systemd- tmpfiles- clean.service repair. timer snapd.snap- repair. service stop.timer ureadahead- stop.service
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jul 18 12:32 /var/cache/
bdmurray@
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Thu 2019-07-18 21:33:41 PDT 8h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:20:38 PDT 1h 8min ago apt-daily.timer apt-daily.service
Fri 2019-07-19 06:01:14 PDT 16h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:20:38 PDT 1h 8min ago apt-daily-
Fri 2019-07-19 12:47:35 PDT 23h left Thu 2019-07-18 12:47:35 PDT 41min ago systemd-
n/a n/a n/a n/a snapd.refresh.timer
n/a n/a n/a n/a snapd.snap-
n/a n/a n/a n/a ureadahead-
6 timers listed. clean-xenial- amd64:~ $ uptime clean-xenial- amd64:~ $ apt-cache policy base-files dpkg/status /ubuntu. osuosl. org/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages /ubuntu. osuosl. org/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
bdmurray@
13:29:32 up 57 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
bdmurray@
base-files:
Installed: 9.4ubuntu4.10
Candidate: 9.4ubuntu4.10
Version table:
*** 9.4ubuntu4.10 100
100 /var/lib/
9.4ubuntu4.8 500
500 https:/
9.4ubuntu4 500
500 https:/