#966387 unattended-upgrade-shutdown left running after package removal

Package:
unattended-upgrades
Source:
unattended-upgrades
Submitter:
Jakub Wilk
Date:
2021-04-01 17:45:05 UTC
Severity:
minor
Tags:
#966387#3
Date:
2020-07-27 20:01:09 UTC
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To:
I removed the unattended-upgrades package, but the
unattended-upgrade-shutdown process is still running running in the
background:

   # dpkg -P unattended-upgrades
   (Reading database ... 39928 files and directories currently installed.)
   Removing unattended-upgrades (1.11.2) ...
   Purging configuration files for unattended-upgrades (1.11.2) ...
   dpkg: warning: while removing unattended-upgrades, directory '/var/log/unattended-upgrades' not empty so not removed
   Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
   Processing triggers for systemd (241-7~deb10u4) ...

   # pgrep -a unattended
   575 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/share/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrade-shutdown --wait-for-signal
#966387#8
Date:
2021-04-01 17:42:54 UTC
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To:
Control: tags -1 confirmed
Control: severity -1 minor

Yes, thanks for reporting it.
The process does no harm and will disappear at next reboot.
Not nice, though.

Cheers,
Balint