Public bug reported: After a lot of back-and-forth, we finally managed to get update-manager to accept "I'll restart later" (bug reports abound, go look them up).
Having savoured the bliss of seemingly getting back in control of my own system, I was most dismayed to find an update-manager window on my recently upgraded personal laptop to the effect of "updates are available, but we require you to reboot in order to install them". Now, I cannot bring myself to believe that the entire team of developers for update-manager are insane, and neither can I believe that they would wilfully sacrifice their misguided concept of system integrity by first allowing one to forego a reboot and then deny one the updates that would come afterwards, unless there would be some high-level miscreant that demanded that very thing of them. As I have stated before, we are based on apt and derivatives, and if the supposed Duke of Darkness behind this misére has a legitimate reason for demanding reboots at random - to the exclusion of installing real security fixes, I should, at first, like said person to give a frank account to the dpkg and apt developers of how they have failed mankind in not blocking further updates until a reboot, or, alternatively, engage in honest conversation with the community, including me, to at least defend the fevered madness that is the reality of update-manager at present. And no, I'm not trying to exaggerate - I am trying to keep it as civil as the current madness allows... NB: Marking this as a security vulnerability since it precludes one from the easy way to install further, possibly security-related, upgrades... ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1325785 Title: UM discloses dark presence To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1325785/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs