Re: apt-get is not following preferences.d

[davidson@freevolt.org]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, Matthias Bodenbinder wrote:
> Am 25.01.2017 um 20:04 schrieb Michael Lange:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:18:07 +0100
> > Matthias Bodenbinder <matthias@bodenbinder.de> wrote:
> >
> > (...)
> > > I do not have that file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic. I put
> > > /etc/cron.daily/apt back where it belongs and this morning the pinning
> > > was screwed up again. This is really weird.
> >
> > Then you could try to create the file and add the line
> >
> > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
> >
> > and see if that helps. Maybe your system somehow has a different default.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Michael
>
> I created that file with this line but it does not help. Still the same odd 
> pinning after boot.
>
> So my problem might not be related to /etc/cron.daily/apt. I guess I have to 
> start searching again :-(

Looking through the other defaults described in /etc/cron.daily/apt ,
this one looks relevant:

#  APT::Periodic::Enable "1";
#  - Enable the update/upgrade script (0=disable)

If I were you, I would do

# echo 'APT::Periodic::Enable "0";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic

and see if that works.