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Re: Unattended Upgrades question

From	likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Unattended Upgrades question
Date	2018-10-16 08:40 +0200
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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.

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Unattended Upgrades question rv riveravaldez <riveravaldezmail@gmail.com> - 2018-10-15 22:50 +0200
  Re: Unattended Upgrades question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-15 23:00 +0200
    Re: Unattended Upgrades question Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-10-16 07:30 +0200
      Re: Unattended Upgrades question john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-10-16 07:50 +0200
        Re: Unattended Upgrades question likcoras <likcoras@riseup.net> - 2018-10-16 08:40 +0200
          Re: Unattended Upgrades question Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-10-16 09:00 +0200
          Re: Unattended Upgrades question john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-10-16 09:00 +0200
        Re: Unattended Upgrades question Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-10-16 13:30 +0200
  Re: Unattended Upgrades question Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-10-15 23:00 +0200

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