Confirmed here that /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/status.json is only updated when running 'ua status' as root.
No desktop software is running as root, in the few cases that root privileges are required a small service is run as root and that is communicated with via D-Bus. The warning doesn't show for the majority of users, since they aren't going to be running from the command line so I would leave it for now, and remove in the next revision of this code. I think there is a case where this won't work - if you have a fresh machine that you haven't done a 'ua attach' on then software-properties is going to not offer ESM as it's not going to think it's available. In https://code.launchpad.net/~robert-ancell/software- properties/+git/software-properties/+merge/400153 that 'ua status' can timeout and return empty values, which is why we are accessing /var/lib/ubuntu-advantage/status.json. Is there a reason why the ua client doesn't do this itself internally, i.e. it gives you fresh json or returns the cached copy if it can't do the update? -- 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/1920836 Title: Show Extended Security Maintenence status Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in software-properties source package in Xenial: New Status in software-properties source package in Bionic: Fix Committed Status in software-properties source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in software-properties source package in Hirsute: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] There is not currently a graphical method of determining if a system is subscribed to [Extended Security Maintenance](https://ubuntu.com/security/esm) updates. This is resolved by adding some [new UI](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#Extended_Security_Maintenance) to the software properties application. [Test Case] 1. Install latest version of Ubuntu advantage: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ua-client/stable $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade 2. Open Software Properties 3. Go to Updates tab. Expected result: Information is shown that indicates if this system is using Extended Security Maintenance updates, when updates will supported until, and a link to upgrade to ESM. Observed result: No ESM information currently shown. [Where problems could occur] - Software properties could hit a bug getting a response from the ua app. The current code carefully checks if and what is returned, falling back to a safe default behavior. - Launching software properties could trigger a bug in the ua app. - Software properties could show incorrect information, causing confusion for the user. The solution uses information from distro-info and the ua app which means software-properties contains no data about ESM, and instead relies on these apps that can be updated if things change. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-properties/+bug/1920836/+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
