This is basically a feature, not a bug. system-image-cli is a developer tool, as is writable mode. Developers are supposed to know what they're doing, so s-i-cli never changes its behavior based on writable mode and in fact never looks at /userdata/.writable_image. You would have to pass `--build 0` to force a full update.
In IRC discussions, Sergio mentioned that it worked differently in Saucy, where if writable mode was set, no updates would happen via the system-settings ui. If that behavior's changed, then it's a ui bug. Note that system-image-dbus also does not look at /userdata/.writable_image and does not change behavior based on writable mode, however s-i-dbus is purely triggered through D-Bus activation, which typically is only invoked by the systems-setting ui. ** Changed in: ubuntu-system-image Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: system-image (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335568 Title: Updates keep coming in while writable image is set To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-image/+bug/1335568/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs