Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: update-manager
Even if the only updates available are non-security updates, package-
manager makes it visually look like the updates are in fact security
updates.
In the attached screenshot, you can see where at the top of the
updatatable package list, there's a message "Important security
updates". The first five packages are: cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-
client, cupsys-common, and ghostscript.
Here's the 'apt-cache policy' listings for those packages:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy cupsys
cupsys:
Installed: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7
Candidate: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5
Version table:
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.3 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
*** 1.3.2-1ubuntu7 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy cupsys-bsd
cupsys-bsd:
Installed: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7
Candidate: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5
Version table:
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.3 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
*** 1.3.2-1ubuntu7 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy cupsys-client
cupsys-client:
Installed: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7
Candidate: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5
Version table:
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.3 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
*** 1.3.2-1ubuntu7 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy cupsys-common
cupsys-common:
Installed: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7
Candidate: 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5
Version table:
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
1.3.2-1ubuntu7.3 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
*** 1.3.2-1ubuntu7 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy ghostscript
ghostscript:
Installed: 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3
Candidate: 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.3
Version table:
8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3.2 0
500 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
*** 8.61.dfsg.1~svn8187-0ubuntu3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
You can see that none of these updates are coming from the security
archives.
I created this situation by doing a clean install of Gutsy, then going
to the "Software Sources" dialog and selecting to auto-install security
updates. The next day, many updates were auto-installed, the updates
still list in update-manager are the ones that weren't updated.
Note that it's not that update-manager installs these non-security
updates when you've selected to auto-install security updates, update-
manager does not do this. But from the GUI, it just looks like those
updates are security updates.
** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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update-manager indicates that updates are security updates even if they're not
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209169
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