Re: [Stretch] apt-get has no updates?

[Larry Dighera <LDighera@att.net>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:31:37 -0400, you wrote:

>> Someone else mentioned unattended upgrades, which is a thing I have
>> never used, and which is also a thing I would disable if I ever found
>> it running.  But that's just me.
>
>I would like to do that but don't know how. Anyone caring to enlighten 
>me without me having to bother poor old Mr. Google yet again - it would 
>be appreciated. :)

Perhaps you'll find this useful:

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# auto-update-on-off.sh		This script will enable and disable
unattended-updates
#
# LGD: Thu Jun  1 15:00:09 PDT 2017
#

[[ $# != 1 ]] && echo -e "\n\t\"$@\" Unknown\n\tUsage: $0 <e|d|s>
\n\t\tWhere:  e = Enable\n\t\t\td = Disable\n\t\t\ts = Status" >&2 &&
exit 1 

FILNAM="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic"
OFF="APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade \"0\";" 
ON="APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade \"1\";" 

status(){	# Get current status
  if [[ -s "$FILNAM" ]] ;then		# Does file exist with >0 file
length?
        [[ $(grep -qs 1 "$FILNAM") ]] && STATUS=Enabled
        [[ $(grep -qs 0 "$FILNAM") ]] && STATUS=Disabled
  else
        STATUS="Not Configured (Disabled)"
  fi
  return $STATUS
}


case $1 in 
  -[sS]*) status; echo "Current $0 status: $STATUS">&2;exit 0	;;
  -[dD]*) echo "$OFF" >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic	;;
  -[eE]*) echo "$ON"  >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic	;;
  *) echo -e "\n\t\"$@\" Unknown\n\tUsage: $0 <e|d|s> \n\t\tWhere:  e
= Enable\n\t\t\td = Disable\n\t\t\ts = Status" >&2 && exit 1 
esac  

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