Bug#1051527: live-config: Disable unattended-upgrades when running without persistence
Package: live-config
Version: 11.0.4
Severity: wishlist
Note to self:
When running an older live image without persistence (e.g. sid), the unattended
upgrades package will:
1) consume network bandwidth by downloading updated packages
2) consume memory due to the overlay filesystem
3) disrupt openQA tests due to a longer startup time and a popup about packages
that can be updated
The downloaded packages will be discarded when the machine is shut down, so
overall this is a waste of resources that can be avoided.
Example: a GNOME image for Sid from 2023-09-06T08:10:14Z needs 632MB in
/run/live/overlay after booting and downloading updated packages.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-debug')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.4.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages live-config depends on:
pn live-config-systemd | live-config-backend <none>
Versions of packages live-config recommends:
ii iproute2 6.4.0-1
ii keyboard-configuration 1.222
ii live-config-doc 11.0.4
pn live-tools <none>
ii locales 2.37-7
ii locales-all 2.37-7
ii sudo 1.9.14p2-1
pn user-setup <none>
Versions of packages live-config suggests:
ii pciutils 1:3.10.0-2
ii wget 1.21.3-1+b2
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