Does not obey APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages

[Adam Piggott]

lsb_release -rd:
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04

apt-cache policy apticron:
Installed: 1.2.3+nmu1
Candidate: 1.2.3+nmu1

Expected: apticron obeys apt's APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages behaviour and does not automatically download package updates.

Happened: apticron always downloads package updates.

Apticron has hardcoded logic to perform automatic downloads of upgradeable packages. This causes undesirable behaviour on systems where the administrator prefers apt not to download updates automatically for reasons of conserving network bandwidth, using metered networks etc.

It would be appreciated if apticron obeyed apt's APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages directive, and/or included its own configuration directive to control this behaviour.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apticron 1.2.3+nmu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-122.138-generic 5.4.192
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-122-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Jul 27 20:42:23 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-21 (918 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Release amd64 (20191017)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: apticron
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-22 (734 days ago)