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Why is 'Livepatch-Notif' always a zombie process after a system restart

Asked by chris pollock

This is Ubuntu 18.04.1 with update-notifier version
apt-cache policy update-notifier
update-notifier:
  Installed: 3.192.1.4
  Candidate: 3.192.1.4

As shown here - https://imageshack.com/i/pl753Ekfp AFAICT I don't have
livepatch enabled. Running:

chris@localhost:/var/log$ ps axo stat,ppid,pid,comm | grep -w defunct
Z+ 3283 3290 livepatch-notif <defunct>

3283 chris 20 0 585404 23776 17608 S 0.0 0.2 0:00.09
update-
notifier

3290 chris 20 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 0:00.00
livepatch-notif

It's no big deal to remove the zombie by killing update-notifier
however I don't know if that's the right thing to do or not and why is
livepatch-notif always a zombie process after a restart?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug

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chris pollock (cpollock) said : 		#2

Thanks, bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1809505 created

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