Bug#1064364: gnome-software: causes packagekit to spam syslog

[Jens Yllman]

On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:25:14 +0100 Jens Yllman <jens at yllman.se> wrote:
> For me it feels like this problem comes when there are updates that has 
> not been installed. Even packages that gets kept back causes this. But 
> different apt commands, like running apt upgrade and pressing no to not 
> upgrade seem to stop this.
> 
> I have not tested this fully for all combinations and the like. But my 
> feeling is as I described. Now lets see if the packagekit upgrade will 
> do anything.
> 
> Jens
> 
> On Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:32:34 +1100 Kai Weber <kai.weber at glorybox.de> wrote:
> > A workaround for this issue is to `killall gnome-software` until the next login.
> > 

OK, so now I have done some more testing. And I can not in any 
consistent way get it to stop. But it seem to start as soon there are 
updates available.

I guess this would really flood the package servers. So is nobody 
interested in fixing this?

Or am I just behind at the moment since there are so many packages held 
back at the moment. I think I have like 150 packages that does not want 
to be installed. Waiting for something to happen.

Jens