[Bug 1912496] Re: update-notifier-common pulls in ubuntu-drivers-common including on server where it is not required

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This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 3.192.38

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update-notifier (3.192.38) hirsute; urgency=medium

  * control: Move ubuntu-drivers-common dep to update-notifier. It's only
    needed when launching update-manager, which happens from
    /usr/bin/update-notifier which is in the update-notifier package. Having
    it in update-notifier-common causes ubuntu-drivers-common and all its deps
    to be pulled in on all flavours, even ones without update-manager. (LP:
    #1912496)

 -- Iain Lane <iain.lane at canonical.com>  Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:42:37 +0000

** Changed in: update-notifier (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  update-notifier-common pulls in ubuntu-drivers-common including on
  server where it is not required

Status in update-notifier package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in update-notifier source package in Focal:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [ Description ]

  update-notifier 3.192.37 (https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
  /update-notifier/commit/?id=f766bda4ab5032a5af84311fabd2e6d9e56b3254)
  added a dependency on ubuntu-drivers-common, which causes ubuntu-
  server to bloat, for example by pulling in alsa-utils.

  [ Fix ]

  Move the dependency to update-notifier, which contains /usr/bin
  /update-notifier and also the dependency on update-manager, which is
  launched after we run the script which uses ubuntu-drivers-common.

  [ QA ]

  1. Make sure ubuntu-drivers-common isn't on the referenced server image.
  2. Make sure it is still on images where update-notifier is installed.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  If we lose the dependency, then update-manager will not be able to
  auto launch, since we require it to be available to run a script
  before auto launching.

  [ Original description ]

  I don't know if there's an easy solution to this, or if we just need
  to live with it. If the latter, this bug can be Won't Fix'd.

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