Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 09:54, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/19/2014 04:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: >>> On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: > If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so > surprised >

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 04:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so surprised by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/20/14 03:06, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: >>> If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so >>> surprised >>> by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! >> The OP didn't do what you have sugges

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/19/2014 02:12 AM, m...@sudhirkhanger.com wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:16:30 PM jd1008 wrote: Also, having used yum erase, I have had catastrophic consequences, because yum will remove dependencies also, which other packages which you might not want removed. For example, just t

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 11:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so surprised by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn't do what you have suggested. The OP is using GNOME and that is the behavio

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-19 Thread ml
On Saturday, October 18, 2014 11:16:30 PM jd1008 wrote: > Also, having used yum erase, I have had catastrophic consequences, > because yum will remove dependencies also, which other packages > which you might not want removed. > > For example, just try to > > yum erase bash > > and see what happ

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 13:42, Ed Greshko wrote: > It prompts if you really want to do it. You know that. Unless you're the > type that puts -y in their yum commands there won't be any problems. Actually, it won't even let you do it even if you us "-y". --> Processing Dependency: /bin/sh for package: kern

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 13:16, jd1008 wrote: > If the OP did go through the steps you enumerate, why would s/he be so > surprised > by the automatic updates ? :) :) Very strange!! The OP didn't do what you have suggested. The OP is using GNOME and that is the behavior of GNOME, even in F20. What I've t

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/18/2014 06:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/19/14 04:47, jd1008 wrote: On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: Hello. After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be installed. This

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/19/14 04:47, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: >> Hello. >> >> After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system >> now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to >> be installed. This is a very handy feature, but

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-18 Thread jd1008
On 10/17/2014 11:50 PM, John Tall wrote: Hello. After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be installed. This is a very handy feature, but from what I can tell it looks like the package

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/18/14 14:10, John Tall wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> It happens to be the same for F20. >> >> http://ruturaj.net/fedora-20-gnome-3-10-disable-auto-download-of-updates/ > That appears to work except that the setting has since then moved to > /org/gnome/sof

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-17 Thread John Tall
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 7:56 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > It happens to be the same for F20. > > http://ruturaj.net/fedora-20-gnome-3-10-disable-auto-download-of-updates/ That appears to work except that the setting has since then moved to /org/gnome/software and been renamed to download-updates.

Re: Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/18/14 13:50, John Tall wrote: > Hello. > > After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system > now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be > installed. This is a very handy feature, but from what I can tell it looks > like the pack

Disable automatic download of updates

2014-10-17 Thread John Tall
Hello. After installing the Fedora 21 Alpha with GNOME I've found that the system now downloads updates automatically and notifies me when they are ready to be installed. This is a very handy feature, but from what I can tell it looks like the packages are downloaded automatically in the backgroun