This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.186.2
--------------- update-notifier (3.186.2) artful; urgency=medium
* Use a wrapper script of /bin/sh when calling check-new-release-gtk to workaround its requirement that the ppid not be 1. (LP: #1768748)
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 04 May 2018 16:51:28 -0700
This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.186.2
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update-notifier (3.186.2) artful; urgency=medium
* Use a wrapper script of /bin/sh when calling check-new- release- gtk to
workaround its requirement that the ppid not be 1. (LP: #1768748)
-- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Fri, 04 May 2018 16:51:28 -0700