On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 07:27:25AM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > On 08/27/2015 05:19 AM, Michael Meskes wrote: > > > >> Strange - then the install-updates mode should not have been entered in > >> the first place. > > Let me guess, the file was re-created by some software. > As administrator of my own systems it would bother me that some random > file /remove-my-packages will trigger an action at restart.
My mom is also the administrator of her system, and it would bother *me* if she should have to check that box every imte to get security updates. > This should at least be time stamped so that shutting down a system will > not trigger an upgrade when you start it up a month later or restored > files from backup. Of course that can make the upgrade fail/not happen > but I think that's the less risky route. > > What do you think? Not sure, maybe. I think it probably makes sense to have this on by default for stable and off by default for testing/unstable. I assume the default option is not configurable? Even better might be a first-boot question asking the user about it, but I am not sure such a framework exists at all (for Gnome) right now. Michael
