Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
Hi.
On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 02:26:50PM +0100, Joe wrote:
> > Automatic downloads of software/security downloads took place today,
> > June 1, 2021.
> >
> > Please click the link to the screenshot: https://ibb.co/5xP7r5t
> >
> > Please see below for the details:
> >
> > username@localhost:~$ sudo apt update
> > [sudo] password for username:
> > Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates
> > InRelease Hit:2 http://security.debian.org buster/updates InRelease
> > Hit:3 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease
> > Hit:4 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease
> > Hit:5 https://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > 4 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
> >
> > username@localhost:~$ sudo apt list --upgradable
> > Listing... Done
> > gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0/stable,stable 2.32.1-1~deb10u1 amd64
> > [upgradable from: 2.30.6-1~deb10u1] gir1.2-webkit2-4.0/stable,stable
> > 2.32.1-1~deb10u1 amd64 [upgradable from: 2.30.6-1~deb10u1]
> > libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18/stable,stable 2.32.1-1~deb10u1 amd64
> > [upgradable from: 2.30.6-1~deb10u1]
> > libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37/stable,stable 2.32.1-1~deb10u1 amd64 [upgradable
> > from: 2.30.6-1~deb10u1] username@localhost:~$
> >
> > username@localhost:~$ sudo apt upgrade
> > Reading package lists... Done
> > Building dependency tree
> > Reading state information... Done
> > Calculating upgrade... Done
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > xdg-desktop-portal xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
> > The following packages will be upgraded:
> > gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0
> > libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
> > 4 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> > Need to get 0 B/20.2 MB of archives.
> > After this operation, 5,118 kB of additional disk space will be used.
> > Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
> >
> > If you guys notice, 20.2MB of updates have been automatically
> > downloaded in the background (without my manual intervention).
> >
>
> So who typed the 'sudo apt update' and 'sudo apt upgrade'?
The devil is in the details, as they say.
"sudo apt upgrade" shows that it does not need to download anything,
because:
> > username@localhost:~$ sudo apt upgrade
...
> > Need to get 0 B/20.2 MB of archives.
I'm curious what will be shown in this configuration by:
apt-config dump | grep Periodic
Reco
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