[Bug 1591427] Re: option to deactivate automatic updates leads people to believe that security updates will be disabled too

[Chris B]

@Brian

Yes, I think your suggestion is better than to disable updates. If a
user still wants to disable them they can do so manually, but it is
important that the setup does not imply this.

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Title:
  option to deactivate automatic updates leads people to believe that
  security updates will be disabled too

Status in pkgsel package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Confirmed in 16.04 LTS and Yakkety Daily.

  How to reproduce:
  User Ubuntu Server ISO and at the very last question of the installer, answer "no automatic updates."

  Then, after the reboot, check /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-
  upgrades and you will find:

  // Automatically upgrade packages from these (origin:archive) pairs
  Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
          "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
  //      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
  //      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
  //      "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
  };

  Since by default the first one is enabled, it will install automatic
  updates despite having selected "no" during installer.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-23.41-generic 4.4.10
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Jun 10 19:14:21 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-11 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160610)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform
  MemoryUsage:
   total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
   Mem:        4028940      156064     3690500        5928      182376     3693048
   Swap:       4192252           0     4192252
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-23-generic root=UUID=eb6a3dc1-0e2a-4ad0-bb88-a5be4bdb7013 ro
  SourcePackage: debian-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2015
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: 6.00
  dmi.board.name: 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
  dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
  dmi.board.version: None
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: No Enclosure
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvr6.00:bd07/02/2015:svnVMware,Inc.:pnVMwareVirtualPlatform:pvrNone:rvnIntelCorporation:rn440BXDesktopReferencePlatform:rvrNone:cvnNoEnclosure:ct1:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: VMware Virtual Platform
  dmi.product.version: None
  dmi.sys.vendor: VMware, Inc.

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