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Re: Daily update package archive



On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:25:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote:

>> What is the recommended way to 'aptitude update' daily and update the
>> files in /var/cache/apt/archives/ as well (without actually install
>> anything)?
> 
> Package: cron-apt
> Description: automatic update of packages using apt-get...

Hi, thanks for the respond. 

The research on cron-apt actually led me to the discovery that apt has the
feature already, no need for an extra package:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/43

See comments in /etc/cron.daily/apt ...

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