Can you please give an example package where this happens? A case that I remember would be updates of grub or the kernel where update-grub re- scans all drives, but that's intentional.
** Tags added: lucid ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- apt-get upgrade spins up idle drives https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641426 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs