The Ubuntu Project has announced
that a bug in the Rust-based uutils version of the
date command shipped with Ubuntu 25.10 broke automatic
updates:
Some Ubuntu 25.10 systems have been unable to automatically check
for available software updates. Affected machines include cloud
deployments, container images, Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server
installs.
The announcement includes remediation instructions for those
affected by the bug. Systems with the rust-coreutils package
version 0.2.2-0ubuntu2 or earlier have the bug, it is fixed in
0.2.2-0ubuntu2.1 or later. It does not impact manual updates using the
apt command or other utilities.
Ubuntu embarked on a project to "oxidize" the distribution by
switching to uutils and sudo-rs
for the 25.10 release, and to see if the Rust-based utilities would be
suitable for the long-term-release slated for next April. LWN covered that project in
March.