Lucid screwed some users after upgrade/unsolicited update

[Steve Morris]

On 15/06/10 10:29, Clay Weber wrote:
> On Monday, June 14, 2010 06:24:08 pm Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
>    
>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:56:43 am Steve Morris wrote:
>>      
>>> I have gone into the configuration options of kpackagekit several
>>>        
> times
>    
>>> and can't find any options to tell it to notify me of new updates
>>>        
> but
>    
>>> not to download them until I tell it too, or I run the updates
>>>        
> through
>    
>>> synaptic. If you know of somewhere else to look I would be
>>>        
> grateful if
>    
>>> you could tell me where the options are.
>>>        
>> kpackagekit
>>   - Settings
>>   - Edit Software Sources
>>   - "Updates" Tab
>>      
> look at https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-
> upgrades/+bug/586497
>
> Scott Kitterman (a Kubuntu dev) suggests uninstalling kpackagekit,
> but that will also remove the update notifications as well. But it
> stopped the automatic installs for him
>
> clay
>
>    
It looks like I'm being impacted by the updates interface not being 
written properly, because even if I activate the checking process and 
set it to notify me only, it downloads and installs security updates anyway.

regards,
Steve

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