This was tested as root via: rm /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-stamp; VERBOSE=3 /etc/cron.daily/apt >/tmp/logfile 2>&1
after fixing the incorrect VERBOSE environment handling in the script.
This was tested as root via: apt/periodic/ update- stamp; VERBOSE=3 /etc/cron.daily/apt >/tmp/logfile 2>&1
rm /var/lib/
after fixing the incorrect VERBOSE environment handling in the script.