Tested with 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.1: root@x-uu-ref:~# dpkg -l unattended-upgrades | cat Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===================-==========================-============-=========================================== ii unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.1 all automatic installation of security upgrades root@x-uu-ref:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=xenial, o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=xenial System is on battery power, stopping root@x-uu-ref:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=xenial, o=Ubuntu,a=xenial-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=xenial No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
(Between the two runs I plugged the laptop in again.)
Tested with 1.1ubuntu1. 18.04.7~ 16.04.1: Unknown/ Install/ Remove/ Purge/Hold Not/Inst/ Conf-files/ Unpacked/ halF-conf/ Half-inst/ trig-aWait/ Trig-pend /Reinst- required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ======= ======= ==-==== ======= ======= ======= =-===== ======= -====== ======= ======= ======= ======= ======= == 18.04.7~ 16.04.1 all automatic installation of security upgrades a=xenial- security, o=UbuntuESM, a=xenial a=xenial- security, o=UbuntuESM, a=xenial
root@x-uu-ref:~# dpkg -l unattended-upgrades | cat
Desired=
| Status=
|/ Err?=(none)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===
ii unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.
root@x-uu-ref:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose
Initial blacklisted packages:
Initial whitelisted packages:
Starting unattended upgrades script
Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=xenial, o=Ubuntu,
System is on battery power, stopping
root@x-uu-ref:~# unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose
Initial blacklisted packages:
Initial whitelisted packages:
Starting unattended upgrades script
Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=xenial, o=Ubuntu,
No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals
(Between the two runs I plugged the laptop in again.)