/etc/update-motd.d/91-release-upgrade is checking whether a new release
is available. The goal here is to provide an experience similar to the
"New release available" button when update-manager is run.
In order to keep a good experience I suggests that none of the script
run by update-motd should
Some (like myself and, it seems, Mr. Leggewie) do have the POV that no
network traffic or connections should be initiated without intent of the
user. A way for a user to intend to make the network connections would
be to select to do network updates during installation.
I did not have an internet
Excuse me? Why is Ubuntu phoning home now? This is serious.
/me not amused
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** Package changed: pam (Ubuntu) => update-manager-core (Ubuntu)
** Changed in: update-manager-core (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: update-manager-core (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Triaged
** Package changed: update-manager-core (Ubuntu) => update-manager
(Ubuntu)
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On further inspection, it appears that Lucid is "phoning home" to
"rookery.canonical.com" every time I log in.
It's failures were being reported in my firewall log.
iptables: IN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=X.X.X.X DST=91.189.90.132 LEN=60 TOS=0x00
PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=53213 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=44608 DPT=80 WINDOW=
