Re: general squawk about unattended-upgrade

[Fred <fred@blakemfg.com>]

On 11/16/22 13:55, gene heskett wrote:
> On 11/16/22 14:17, Charles Curley wrote:
> > On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:03:20 -0500
> > gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Please relay to the devs that this utility is dangerous, and needs the
> > > ability to scan the system for stuff that cannot be interrupted, and
> > > exit quietly if it finds one of the un-interruptables running.
> >
> > Did you have Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot set to true? If so,
> > set it to false. Similarly
> > Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-WithUsers.
> >
> > You can file a bug report yourself.
> >
> > You could also write a wrapper for octoprint which disables
> > unattended-upgrades, runs octopprint, then enables unattended-upgrades.
> With my luck and systemd doing as it DW pleases, what guarantee do I 
> have that systemd won't re-enable it?  At one point long ago WE were 
> masters of our machines, now Leonard thinks he is master of all & WE 
> don't count or care.
>
> Take care and stay well.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.

You could change over to Devuan which is Debian without systemd.

Best regards,
Fred