Hi,
is there an issue with the PackageKit update feature? I have an old version of OpenVPN installed, 2.3.8, and this is becuase a limitation in some old firewall a client is using, it seems it is not compatible with openvpn 2.4.x. Still, I noticed that about once a week OpenSuse will upgrade it to 2.4.x without asking. For example, I see a few packages to update, I uncheck openvpn from the list, and the tool upgrades it anyways.
Here is an except from journalctl. You see two packages, needing update, a security update fro mozilla-nss and an update for openvpn.
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Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan PackageKit[7331]: get-updates transaction /3_eeddceac from uid 1000 finished with success after 14166ms
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Got update package: “openSUSE-2020-8;1;noarch;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , summary: “Security update for mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss” , type: “security”
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Got update package: “openvpn;2.4.3-lp151.4.3;x86_64;repo-oss” , summary: “Full-featured SSL VPN solution using a TUN/TAP Interface” , type: “enhancement”
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Transaction “/3_eeddceac” finished with status “success” in 14 seconds
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Check updates transaction finished successfully
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Total number of updates: 2
Jan 14 11:45:13 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
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I uncheck openvpn from the menu and tell it to update.
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Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: qml: Package openSUSE-2020-8;1;noarch;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63 selected for update
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Installing updates (“openSUSE-2020-8;1;noarch;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63”) , simulate: true , untrusted: false
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Is net online: true
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan PackageKit[7331]: new update-packages transaction /4_accbacac scheduled from uid 1000
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Transaction status changed: “setup” “(101%)”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Transaction status changed: “setup” “(101%)”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Transaction status changed: “dep-resolve” “(100%)”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “libfreebl3;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “libfreebl3-hmac;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “libsoftokn3;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “libsoftokn3-hmac;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “mozilla-nspr;4.23-lp151.2.6.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “mozilla-nss;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “mozilla-nss-certs;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “openSUSE-2020-8;1;noarch;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan plasmashell[2035]: plasma-pk-updates: Package updating: “openvpn;2.4.3-lp151.4.3;x86_64;repo-oss” , info: “installing”
Jan 14 11:45:24 rohan PackageKit[7331]: in /4_accbacac for update-packages package libfreebl3;3.47.1-lp151.2.9.1;x86_64;http-download.opensuse.org-0da90d63 was installing for uid 1000
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And there is openvpn showing up in the list to be installed although it was unchecked in the list of packages to update. Usually then I use zypper to remove openvpn and rpm to install the older version. A few days later PackageKit will do it again. It does not do it at every update, just occasionally, about once a week.
One note perhaps unrelated, the update that it did without request that it did on this Friday there was also a new version of mozilla to update. I cannot tell though if every time it updated openvpn if there was some mozilla related package also being updated. I do not think so.
Any ideas? I did not want to have to download and install openvpn manually but perhaps I have to to keep PackageKit from killing my openvpn connection to the client like it does every week.
