Bug#896798: unattended-upgrades: Respect NetworkManager's metered connection property
Control: reassign -1 apt 1.6~alpha7
Control: forcemerge 890381 -1
Control: affects 890381 unattended-upgrades
Hi Jeremy,
2018-04-24 12:13 GMT+02:00 Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>:
> Source: unattended-upgrades
> Version: 1.1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> NetworkManager allows setting certain network connections as metered.
> It would be nice if unattended-upgrades would automatically not run
> when being used on a metered connection.
>
> Maybe this behavior should be overridable and maybe security should
> have a separate override.
>
> Although not about the unattended-upgrades package in particular,
> there is some background discussion at
> https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-refresh-over-metered-connections/5001
I agree that it would be an important feature but apt starts u-u,
hence this should be fixed in apt.
Cheers,
Balint
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