Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> So I have a laptop that recently upgraded from Bookworm to Trixie >> without issues. Only that, unlike my other box (which also upgraded >> from Bookworm to Trixie and has a working unattended-upgrade), I found >> that all recent security updates are not upgraded automatically here. >> It turns out that unattended-upgrade seems to still be tracking >> Bookworm. However /etc/debian_version is already at 13.0 like my other >> box. Here are some debugging output from unattended-upgrade: >> >> ,---- >> | $ sudo unattended-upgrade --verbose --apt-debug --dry-run >> | Starting unattended upgrades script >> | Allowed origins are: origin=Debian,codename=bookworm,label=Debian, >> origin=Debian,codename=bookworm,label=Debian-Security, >> origin=Debian,codename=bookworm-security,label=Debian-Security >> | Initial blacklist: >> | Initial whitelist (not strict): >> | No packages found that can be upgraded unattended and no pending >> auto-removals >> | The list of kept packages can't be calculated in dry-run mode. >> `---- >> >> /etc/debian_version: >> >> ,---- >> | $ cat /etc/debian_version >> | 13.0 >> `---- >> >> All unattended-upgrade configurations are unchanged and should be the >> same as the ones in /usr/share/unattended-upgrade > > > Is the machine that is not tracking Trixie using Gnome? It looks like Gnome > is a special case for unattended-upgrades. From < > https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades>: > > In Debian 12 (Bookworm) unattended-upgrades is no longer a default > install with Gnome. Download and upgrade schedules are set up by > Packagekit using systemd timers on installation. The default behaviour > in Gnome for upgrades detected via APT is now to advise of > availability, and not to install by default. > > And then the wiki page goes on to say: > > To install these packages, run the following command as root: > > # apt-get install unattended-upgrades apt-listchanges > > The default configuration file for the unattended-upgrades package is > at /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades. Any local customizations > should be in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local (see > package README for details). > > # $EDITOR /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/52unattended-upgrades-local > Thanks for the info. It's an old machine so I only installed LXQt with window manager from xfce, and I do have both unattended-upgrades and apt-listchanges installed. But it's good info to know in case I install Gnome in the future. > Jeff -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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