Random odd /etc/cron.daily emails

[OO-Dragon]

On one of my server, Once a month (happened twice or three times...) I get a email as followed.

Subject:

Cron <root@Proxserv> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )

Body:

/etc/cron.daily/pve:
error reading cached package status in /var/lib/pve-manager/pkgupdates

It's mildly annoying and some what concerning. If some one could help me figure out a fix, that would be great! version info bellow.

root@localprox:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.1-109 (running kernel: 2.6.32-23-pve)
pve-manager: 3.1-3 (running version: 3.1-3/dc0e9b0e)
pve-kernel-2.6.32-20-pve: 2.6.32-100
pve-kernel-2.6.32-19-pve: 2.6.32-96
pve-kernel-2.6.32-17-pve: 2.6.32-83
pve-kernel-2.6.32-22-pve: 2.6.32-107
pve-kernel-2.6.32-11-pve: 2.6.32-66
pve-kernel-2.6.32-18-pve: 2.6.32-88
pve-kernel-2.6.32-23-pve: 2.6.32-109
lvm2: 2.02.98-pve4
clvm: 2.02.98-pve4
corosync-pve: 1.4.5-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-3
libqb0: 0.11.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.2.0-2
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-4
fence-agents-pve: 4.0.0-1
pve-cluster: 3.0-7
qemu-server: 3.1-1
pve-firmware: 1.0-23
libpve-common-perl: 3.0-6
libpve-access-control: 3.0-6
libpve-storage-perl: 3.0-10
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.4-1
vncterm: 1.1-4
vzctl: 4.0-1pve3
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.4-17
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
glusterfs-client: 3.4.0-2

Thanks

 

[tom]

do you have a subscription key on this host?

post the full output of 'apt-get update'.

 

[OO-Dragon]

Yes I have a subscription key.

root@localprox:~# apt-get update
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release
Hit http://download.proxmox.com wheezy Release.gpg
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy Release
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://download.proxmox.com wheezy Release
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://download.proxmox.com wheezy/pve amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit https://enterprise.proxmox.com wheezy Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy/contrib Translation-en
Hit https://enterprise.proxmox.com wheezy Release
Hit http://ftp.ca.debian.org wheezy/main Translation-en
Hit https://enterprise.proxmox.com wheezy/pve-enterprise amd64 Packages
Ign http://download.proxmox.com wheezy/pve Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.proxmox.com wheezy/pve Translation-en
Ign https://enterprise.proxmox.com wheezy/pve-enterprise Translation-en_US
Ign https://enterprise.proxmox.com wheezy/pve-enterprise Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done

 

[dietmar]

The following should fix the issue:

# rm /var/lib/pve-manager/pkgupdates

 

[OO-Dragon]

Thanks. Although I'm wondering why that's in there if just removing it fixes the issue?

 

[dietmar]

Although I'm wondering why that's in there if just removing it fixes the issue?

I will be re-generated. Maybe you used packages from pvetest repository in past?

 

[OO-Dragon]

I may have installed Samba on this server awhile back (when it was version 2.x). Would that of done it?

 

[dietmar]

I may have installed Samba on this server awhile back (when it was version 2.x). Would that of done it?

No, I don't think so. Please observe if the bug triggers again - if so, report again, and I will dig deeper.