F10: Unrequested automatic installation

[Bradley]

Robert Locke wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 08:56 -0500, Robert Locke wrote:
>   
>> This seems unusual:
>>
>> Fresh install of F10 (from DVD) couple of days after release (28-Nov).
>>
>> I have added rpmfusion and livna repositories when the install was done.
>>
>> This morning after booting and logging in, a little bubble opened in the
>> lower right hand corner that said some updates were complete.  I had not
>> requested any updates.  Previous updates had all been done by me typing
>> "yum update" in a gnome-terminal.
>>
>> Reviewing /var/log/yum.log to see what was installed I find the
>> following:
>>
>> Dec 05 08:02:19 Installed: createrepo-0.9.6-3.fc10.noarch
>> Dec 05 08:02:20 Installed: 1:anaconda-yum-plugins-1.0-3.fc10.noarch
>> Dec 05 08:02:21 Installed: preupgrade-1.0.0-1.fc10.noarch
>>
>> Why were these packages automatically installed without me requesting
>> them?
>>
>>     
>
> Furthermore, I found the System-Preferences-System-Software Updates and
> it has been set to (what I presume the defaults are, since this is my
> first time in that dialog):
> Check for updates: Daily
> Automatic install: Nothing
> Check for major upgrades: Weekly
> Both Display notifications are checked/on
>
> So, again, why were these three packages installed (not just updated) on
> my system without my requesting it, shortly after a boot and login?
>
> What sinister things is PackageKit doing here? :-)
>
> --Rob
It's tempting to "break" PackageKit so that it doesn't work anymore and 
see what happens.  <grin>

Bradley