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