Re: Apt-get Upgrade Problem in Stretch?

[Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com>]

On 07/19/2017 01:35 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:14:28 +0200 Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 19-07-17, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > Getting no results from apt-get upgrade after a week.  Can install
> > > apps, etc., but get no security or stretch-update "fixes," etc.  I
> > > find this unusual.  Did a mail list archive search for this, but
> > > didn't find anything specific. Or did I miss the solution?
> > >
> > > My Test Setup:
> > >
> > > Stretch Stable 64-bit from net-install disk in Virtualbox 5.1 on a
> > > Wheezy host.  Basic terminal install (no GUI), converted to sysvinit
> > > (did not do anything to systemd files. Kept as dependencies) and
> > > then added xorg, openbox window manager, etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any feedback.
> > >
> > > B
> >
> > dpkg -s unattended-upgrades
>
> Not installed either by me or the installer
>
> > If it is installed, it did your updates and security upgrades for you.
> > If you do not like it and want to do manual updates/upgrades, do with
> > root privs:
>
> I have always done this manually since I first started using Debian
> (Sarge).  And always will.  This is my personal machine.
>
> > sed -i 's/1/0/g' /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
> >
> > For further reading and understanding:
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades
>
> Thanks for the reference.  I've been aware of this for a long time, but
> chose not to use it.
>
> My problem must be something else.

You also have packagekit and discover to deal with and who knows what 
else. Stopping auto-install is not that difficult, but stopping 
auto-update is a problem.
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Jimmy Johnson

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