Changing the setting for how often to automatically check for updates to 'Never' instructs the system not to automatically run 'apt-get update' to check for updates. It does not invalidate the results of a previous 'apt-get update' run which has already found that there are updates waiting to be applied.
If there are already security updates waiting to be applied, the behavior when "Automatically check for updates" is set to "Never" is effectively undefined. This is the "When there are security updates: <blank>" - the option is greyed out but in practice what this actually means is that the behavior is the same as "Display immediately". I am inclined to argue that this is a bug in software-properties, which should *show* that any available security updates will still result in a prompt, not a bug in update-notifier for doing the prompting. The difference between the two, after all, is a one-time pop-up that is easily resolved by applying the security updates. Making it easier to ignore security updates than it already is would be an antifeature. ** Package changed: update-notifier (Ubuntu) => software-properties (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to software-properties in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1817559 Title: update-notifier ignores update-manager's settings Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: > 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS Release: 16.04 > 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center $ apt-cache policy update-manager update-manager: Installed: 1:16.04.15 Candidate: 1:16.04.15 Version table: *** 1:16.04.15 500 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:16.04.12 500 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 Packages 1:16.04.3 500 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 500 https://mirror.one.com/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages ---- Steps to reproduce: - Run `update-manager' manually, via `update-manager' from a terminal for example - Press "Settings..." button - Configure the following settings to hide all update-manager's pop-ups respectively: Automatically check for updates: Never When there are security updates: <blank> When there are other updates: Display every two weeks Notify me of a new Ubuntu version: Never - Close settings - Exit `update-manager' ---- Expected behaviour: - update-manager won't be checking any updates at all - but even if there are some "other updates" then it must be displayed not more often than "every two weeks" ---- Actual behaviour: - update-manager checks for updates from time to time by itself - update-manager shows notifications *all* *the* *time*: every single day and much more times per day than even twice - update-manager keeps to show notifications even if it has been seen & closed manually (just because there wasn't time for maintenance window currently, for example) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: update-manager 1:16.04.15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-143.169-generic 4.4.170 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-143-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Feb 25 16:32:29 2019 GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'365' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'303' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' b'int64 1551101458' InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-19 (951 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1817559/+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
