Re: Jessie 8.3 - still no update notifications
On Thu 28 Jan 2016 at 05:28:08 (+0000), Juan R. de Silva wrote:
> I have a fresh install of Jessie GNOME 64 bit since the release date.
>
> I've never had a single notification of any available system update. So,
> as a daily routine I run 'apt-get update' and 'apt-upgrade'.
>
> Google suggests that this bug was resolved in Jessie. However, even after
> updating to Jessie 8.3 recently, I still do not have any notifications.
>
> When (just out of curiosity) I run GNOME Package Updater (or whatever it
> is called) it reports "All packages up to date" but running apt-get right
> after brings new updates, as it was today.
>
> I tried all suggestions found on Google, like using 'dconf-editor' to
> tweak the 'Shell update plugin' settings, etc., but without any results.
>
> I do not care about GNOME Package Updater and other GUI things, since I
> still prefer CLI. However, notifications would be nice to have as a
> reminder.
>
> Anyone to suggest something helpful?
My root's crontab contains:
MAILTO=myself@localhost
0 */12 * * * apt-get -qq update && apt-get -qq -d upgrade && find /var/cache/apt/archives/ -name '*deb'
I clean my cache (because I have a machine running apt-cacher-ng)
so any debs that are listed will be new ones.
Cheers,
David.
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