Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apt upgrde "The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled"

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS apt upgrde "The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled"

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❓ Issue: Ubuntu LTS no longer tries to patch "Some EOL" packages "for FREE" which were officially EOL by their communities.

✅ In Shorts: Ubuntu starts to "charge you" in LTS distro for some packages (e.g. announced EOL-ed by community), even this Ubuntu 20.04 is still within 5-year LTS period.

👉 EOL packages For example: "Python 2 (2.7)", "ImageMagick-6", Lynx, LibRPM8, ntpdate and more

👉 ESM == Extended Security Maintenance

$ apt upgrade -y
The following security updates require Ubuntu Pro with 'esm-apps' enabled:
librpmsign8 python2.7-dev rpm2cpio libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra imagemagick
librpmbuild8 python2.7-minimal libmagickwand-6.q16-6 libpython2.7 debugedit
python2.7 libpython2.7-dev librpmio8 ntpdate opensc-pkcs11 imagemagick-6.q16
rpm-common rpm librpm8 opensc libopenexr24 libmagickcore-6.q16-6
libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib imagemagick-6-common
Learn more about Ubuntu Pro at https://ubuntu.com/pro

✅ Solution/Workaround

Code: Select all

$ sudo systemctl mask apt-news.service
$ sudo systemctl mask esm-cache.service
$ sudo mkdir /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/off
$ sudo mv /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/off
✅ Reference
https://ubuntu.com/pro
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452519 ... able-them/
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452497 ... ubuntu-pro
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