byobu should not run apt-check so much

Bug #1010505 reported by Scott Moser
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
byobu (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Dustin Kirkland 
Precise
Won't Fix
High
Dustin Kirkland 

Bug Description

I launched a t1.micro instance of 12.04 precise on EC2.
I logged in, and ran 'byobu'.

I watched system load go to like 17.
The reason for this was 'apt-check' being run by my user.

I'd like to either:
 a.) turn it off by default
 b.) only run it if system updates are not setup (ie, somehow the system might be configured to do that for you anyway)

those aren't the only options, but I'm concerned that running byobu can basically make the system unusable.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: byobu 5.17-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 8 10:38:02 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: byobu
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-07 (214 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package byobu - 5.20-0ubuntu1

---------------
byobu (5.20-0ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * usr/bin/byobu-status: LP: #998812
    - fix upgrades to the new width handling, where some things
      were undefined
  * usr/lib/byobu/updates_available: LP: #976928, #1010505, #999151
    - use flock when running apt-check or apt-get
      + ideally we'd use run-one here, but not yet in main or other distros
    - depend on util-linux, which provides flock
    - drop run-one usage, use flock directly instead
  * debian/control, usr/share/byobu/windows/common:
    - fix some lintian warnings and errors
  * usr/lib/byobu/raid: LP: #1006971
    - ensure raid status cache gets cleared out when done rebuilding
  * debian/postrm: LP: #996873
    - at package removal, ensure that we remove the auto-launch symlink
      if it exists
  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/lib/byobu/include/constants, usr/lib/byobu/logo,
    usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #938920, #995412
    - fix "infinite scrolling" of status line, when using multibyte
      utf-8 characters in status
    - detect character map, and only enable utf-8 when possible
  * usr/bin/byobu, usr/bin/byobu-launch, usr/bin/byobu-status,
    usr/lib/byobu/disk_io, usr/lib/byobu/distro,
    usr/lib/byobu/include/common, usr/lib/byobu/include/constants,
    usr/lib/byobu/release, usr/lib/byobu/updates_available: LP: #996285
    - create new BYOBU_TEST global, which is one of:
      [command -v, type, which]
    - command -v doesn't exist in busybox, type does
  * usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil,
    usr/lib/byobu/rcs_cost: LP: #1013220
    - gracefully silence status notifications that require /proc/net/route
      when it's not really there (cygwin, mac)
  * usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux: LP: #1012348
    - fix status activity/alert bolding
    - seems upstream tmux changed the option name from "alert" to "activity"
  * usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1: LP: #977225
    - add documentation about the status line background colors
  * usr/lib/byobu/include/constants: LP: #954031
    - use the sed --follow-symlinks option to keep from recreating files,
      especially .profile and .bashrc

  [ Dustin Kirkland and Daniel Lee ]
  * usr/lib/byobu/disk_io, usr/lib/byobu/mail, usr/lib/byobu/network:
    - LP: #962730, #998202
    - clear out cache on a few other status notifications where we go
      from activity, to none

  [ https://launchpad.net/~ktyubuntu ]
  * usr/lib/byobu/logo: LP: #1004712
    - fix Red Hat logo detection
  * usr/lib/byobu/logo: LP: #1004722
    - add apple distro and logo
 -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:25:23 -0500

Changed in byobu (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in byobu (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Dustin Kirkland (kirkland)
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
David Allison (davidallison) wrote :

@kirkland - Definitely interested in progress on this issue in Precise - it impacts all of our AWS instances.

Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release

Changed in byobu (Ubuntu Precise):
status: In Progress → Won't Fix
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