> Having just read this entire thread, and been affected by this once, it > occurs to me that the likely answer has been offered, but I suspect you > may have thought Matthias' reference to “GNOME Software” to be a generic > answer (apologies if I'm wrong). But in fact the name of the relevant
No, you're absolutely right. > package is gnome-software. Thanks for clarifying. However, I do not have this package installed, nor do I find any trace of if in dpkg's logs. > When gnome-software is installed, it runs as a service in the user's > desktop session by default and periodically queries PackageKit for > updates. If the setting org.gnome.software/download-updates is enabled > (the default is enabled), Software asks PackageKit to download updates > in the background. That to me already sounds like a bug. I cannot seem to find that key in my setup, but that could be related to me removing packagekit earlier. > When updates have been “prepared” by this interaction, the normal > gnome-shell shutdown dialog will show the aforementioned checkbox. At > least with my most recent testing, it is checked by default. > > I can reproduce this by commanding PackageKit with > > pkcon refresh > pkcon update --only-download > > and observe the gnome-shell shutdown prompt now has the checkbox > suggesting to “Install pending software updates” (assuming there are > updates). > > Is this enough to go on to move this to a report against gnome-software? It's certainly enough to create a bug report against gnome-software. It does not explain what happened to me, though. But then maybe gnome-software got deinstalled earlier (and the log already rotated out) and left the key. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De, Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org Jabber: michael.meskes at gmail dot com VfL Borussia! Força Barça! Go SF 49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux, PostgreSQL
