remove updates check, as its no longer really necessary (LP: #653220)

LP: #653220

3 files changed, 1 insertions, 50 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f50aaa90..11e7e828 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
  - change permissions of /var/log/cloud-init.log to accomodate
    syslog writing to it (LP: #704509)
  - rework of /var/lib/cloud layout
+ - remove updates-check (LP: #653220)
diff --git a/cloudinit/CloudConfig/cc_updates_check.py b/cloudinit/CloudConfig/cc_updates_check.py
deleted file mode 100644
index aaa2e6b0..00000000
--- a/cloudinit/CloudConfig/cc_updates_check.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-# vi: ts=4 expandtab
-#
-#    Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Canonical Ltd.
-#
-#    Author: Scott Moser <scott.moser@canonical.com>
-#
-#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, as
-#    published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#    GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-import cloudinit.util as util
-import cloudinit
-import os
-import time
-
-cronpre = "/etc/cron.d/cloudinit"
-
-def handle(name,cfg,cloud,log,args):
-    if not util.get_cfg_option_bool(cfg, 'updates-check', True):
-        return
-    build_info = "/etc/cloud/build.info"
-    if not os.path.isfile(build_info):
-        log.warn("no %s file" % build_info)
-
-    avail="%s/%s" % ( cloudinit.datadir, "available.build" )
-    cmd=( "uec-query-builds", "--system-suite", "--config", "%s" % build_info,
-          "--output", "%s" % avail, "is-update-available" )
-    try:
-        util.subp(cmd)
-    except:
-        log.warn("failed to execute uec-query-build for updates check")
-
-    # add a cron entry for this hour and this minute every day
-    try:
-        cron=open("%s-%s" % (cronpre, "updates") ,"w")
-        cron.write("%s root %s\n" % \
-            (time.strftime("%M %H * * *"),' '.join(cmd)))
-        cron.close()
-    except:
-        log.warn("failed to enable cron update system check")
-        raise
-
diff --git a/config/cloud.cfg b/config/cloud.cfg
index 8556dc78..63a67e78 100644
--- a/config/cloud.cfg
+++ b/config/cloud.cfg
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ cloud_config_modules:
  - grub-dpkg
  - apt-update-upgrade
  - puppet
- - updates-check
  - disable-ec2-metadata
  - runcmd
  - byobu