Ubuntu
update-notifier package

  1. Bug #356152
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 356152

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Dan Kegel (dank) wrote :

I did
  sudo chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/apt
  sudo rm /var/spool/anacron/cron.daily

rebooted, and logged in. Five minutes later,
cron.daily ran. Five minutes after that, update
manager popped up in the task bar and offered
a huge pile of updates... but after it finished,
it still said "The package information was last updated
25 days ago"!