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Re: Unattended Upgrades question



On 10/16/2018 8:35 AM, likcoras wrote:
> On 10/16/18 2:42 PM, john doe wrote:
>> On 10/16/2018 7:23 AM, Tixy wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 21:54 +0100, Brian wrote:
>>>> On Mon 15 Oct 2018 at 17:45:36 -0300, rv riveravaldez wrote:
>>>>> 2. If the answer is 'yes': which would be the best/proper way to do
>>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>> apt purge unattended upgrades
>>>
>>
>> I'll never  understand why being so drastic is a good idea when you can
>> simply disable it:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades
>>
>> "Below is an example /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic:
>> // Control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat //
>>
>>
>> // Enable the update/upgrade script (0=disable)
>> APT::Periodic::Enable "1";"
>>
> 
> I would actually prefer getting rid of it completely instead of having
> it around if I'm never going to use it on the machine. It's not that
> large, but I (personally) try to keep the minimum possible package set
> installed.
> 

In that case, I would rather install a barebone system and start up from
there! :)

-- 
John Doe


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