On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 04:31:02PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > There is probably some other package that's *using* packagekit to do > > the thing you don't want done. Is "unattended-upgrades" installed by > > any chance? > > Hmm.... yep, it is! > So that's it? > I self-inflicted this by installing this package so many years ago?
It's a dependency of some/most(?) desktop environments, I think. I doubt you installed it by name and forgot.