Tested 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4 and it worked as expected. Log:
rbalint@yogi:~$ dpkg -l unattended-upgrades | cat Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-===================-==================-============-=========================================== ii unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4 all automatic installation of security upgrades rbalint@yogi:~$ sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic System is on metered connection, stopping rbalint@yogi:~$ nmcli -t -f GENERAL.DEVICE,GENERAL.METERED dev show `ip route list 0/0 | sed -r 's/.*dev (\S*).*/\1/g'` GENERAL.DEVICE:wlp4s0 GENERAL.METERED:yes (guessed) rbalint@yogi:~$ lxc shell bb-uu11ubuntu118041 mesg: ttyname failed: No such device root@bb-uu11ubuntu118041:~# sudo apt install ./unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4_all.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'unattended-upgrades' instead of './unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4_all.deb' The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfreetype6 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. Suggested packages: bsd-mailx default-mta | mail-transport-agent needrestart The following packages will be upgraded: unattended-upgrades 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 47 not upgraded. Need to get 38.1 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/main amd64 unattended-upgrades all 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4 [38.1 kB] Fetched 38.1 kB in 0s (107 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 28484 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../unattended-upgrades_1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4_all.deb ... Unpacking unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4) over (1.1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10) ... Setting up unattended-upgrades (1.1ubuntu1.18.04.4) ... Replacing config file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades with new version Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ... root@bb-uu11ubuntu118041:~# sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals root@bb-uu11ubuntu118041:~# logout rbalint@yogi:~$ sudo vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-metered rbalint@yogi:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-metered Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "false"; rbalint@yogi:~$ sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1781183 Title: Skip updates on metered connections Status in unattended-upgrades package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in unattended-upgrades source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in unattended-upgrades package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] * Systems running unattended-upgrades may download updates over metered connections causing excessive data usage possibly making users being charged for the downloads. * Avoiding users being unexpectedly charged due to unattended- upgrades' activity warrants an SRU, IMO. * The fix uses NetworkMonitor.get_network_metered(NetworkMonitor.get_default()) for deciding if the connection is metered and skips or gracefully stops updates. [Test Case] * Run "unattended-upgrades --dry-run --verbose" on metered connection - The unfixed versions should provide the following output with default configuration: $ sudo unattended-upgrade --dry-run --verbose Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending auto-removals - The fixed versions should provide the following output with default configuration: Initial blacklisted packages: Initial whitelisted packages: Starting unattended upgrades script Allowed origins are: o=Ubuntu,a=bionic, o=Ubuntu,a=bionic-security, o=UbuntuESM,a=bionic System is on metered connection, stopping - You can check if the default route is on metered connection by running: nmcli -t -f GENERAL.DEVICE,GENERAL.METERED dev show `ip route list 0/0 | sed -r 's/.*dev (\S*).*/\1/g'` - Also run fixed u-u on not metered connection to check if it still works. U-u in lxc for example does not detect the connection to be metered. - Check if the following configuration can enable updates even on metered connections: $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/51unattended-upgrades-metered Unattended-Upgrade::Skip-Updates-On-Metered-Connections "false"; [Regression Potential] * Unattended-upgrades may skip updates even on not metered connections or crash, but those are not likely. * U-u also adds two new dependencies with the fix which can be seen as a regression, but those packages exist on most Ubuntu installations already. (The packages are: gir1.2-glib-2.0 and python3-gi) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1781183/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
