Strike Comment #2 as incorrect. The root cause of this is the ubuntu-meta package provides the "ubuntu- desktop" package. In turn, "ubuntu-desktop" requires "update-notifier- common" which provides /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic.
The cloud images install the server bits using the "server^" task list. This explains _why_ the bare metal and cloud-images don't get the update setting. Further, it explains why this was not caught when we started using live-builder to generate the cloud-images. In terms of history the change was introduced between Lucid and Natty. All Natty and Oneiric images are affected. So to confirm smoser's comment's, this has existed for some time. In my opinion, the fix is to mark update-notifier-common for the "server" task. -- /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic: APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0"; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0"; -- Package: update-notifier-common Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 200 Maintainer: Michael Vogt <[email protected]> Architecture: all Source: update-notifier Version: 0.117ubuntu3 Replaces: update-notifier (<< 0.75.1) Depends: python, python-apt (>= 0.6.12) Recommends: libpam-modules (>= 1.0.1-9ubuntu3) Filename: pool/main/u/update-notifier/update-notifier-common_0.117ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 10798 MD5sum: 0dc6e8e8e80e148fe38320dc79abfcf2 SHA1: c6f128389db27f99181fe61feb376364d17a1f03 SHA256: 76ae809b7cab99d31f2c77ae42291db6942269e3ccc554cbae5b2534a16e2b6d Description: Files shared between update-notifier and other packages Description-md5: 9e55b33c0bb042acf203440099a61649 Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu Supported: 18m Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-mobile-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870121 Title: APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists not set in cloud images To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/870121/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
