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Re: apt-get update during boot



Matthias Bodenbinder:
> 
> somehow my system is running an apt-get update or something similar
> during boot. Whenever I login after boot I can do a "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" directly because the package list is already up to date.
> If I am too fast with the "apt-get dist-upgrade" it even complains
> that the database is locked by another process. waiting a few more
> seconds solves that. And this is true regardless which desktop I use:
> kde, xfce or cinnamon.

I guess this is just /etc/cron.daily/apt from the apt package in
conjunction with anacron. Take a look at the file, the documentation is
right at the top of the file.

J.
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