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

[Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com>]

(Not looking for answers, just using the list to remind myself of
something in the future.)

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 5:05 AM, Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30-06-17, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 06:34:49PM +0200, Dejan Jocic wrote:
>> > If you want to
>> > prevent automatic upgrades and disable them, because you want to do it
>> > manually like you are used to, you should edit file
>> > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades and change it from this:
>> >
>> > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
>> > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
>> >
>> > to this:
>> >
>> > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
>> > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
>>
>> Or you can just remove the unattended-upgrades package, right?
>>
>
> Sure, if you want to.

[mark (reiisi): python-dependencies ]

> On gnome, it is pulled in because of
> gnome-packagekit which recommends software-properties-gtk which depends
> on python3-software-properties which recommends unattended-upgrades.

[end-mark]

> Personally would leave it on, because I like to have it in case that I
> become lazy with my daily routine and because I like to look at various
> things and understand how they work. But if OP does not need it, it is
> safe to remove/purge it.
>
>
>



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Joel Rees

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Then I'll be able to leap wide instruction sets with a single #ifdef,
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and stop all integer size bugs with my bare cast.
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