Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #235637

Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?

From Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
Date 2021-05-29 01:40 +0200
Message-ID <CjUf8-2kG-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References (6 earlier) <CjJa1-45X-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <CjJa1-45X-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <CjJtn-4rI-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <CjPIu-83W-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <CjPSa-874-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

Hello,

Thanks for your help and time. I really appreciate it.

> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 2:51 AM
> From: "Greg Wooledge" <greg@wooledge.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of software/security updates?
>
> > Question: What do you mean by "a metapackage is not critically important"? Would you like to elaborate please?
>
> Take a look at "apt show gnome", for example.
>
> On bullseye, on my platform, the package "gnome" (which is a metapackage)
> has an Installed-Size of 35.8 kB.  It doesn't contain any software.  All
> it really contains are Depends: and Recommends: and Suggests: lines.  If
> you install this package, it will bring in a whole bunch of new packages
> (unless you already installed GNOME, in which case it may do nothing).
>
> Once all of those packages are installed, you can go ahead and remove
> the package named "gnome".  It doesn't do anything.  It's just a metapackage.

Thank you for explaining why a metapackage is not critically important. I'm a bit wiser now :)

> Well... OK, I'll tell you how I did it.  It's easily reversible, so it
> won't hurt you.
>
> I did it by creating the file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99local with the
> following content (one line):
>
> APT::NeverAutoRemove ".";
>
> What this configuration file does is define a regular expression that
> matches every package, and then tells apt never to autoremove any package
> that matches that regular expression.
>
> If you want to go back to normal, simply remove that file.

Thank you very much for your example.

Best wishes.

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-25 19:30 +0200
  Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-05-25 21:10 +0200
    Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-25 22:50 +0200
      Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-25 23:00 +0200
        Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-25 23:10 +0200
      Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2021-05-26 01:50 +0200
        Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-05-26 04:00 +0200
          Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-26 05:00 +0200
        Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-26 03:40 +0200
          Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2021-05-26 06:00 +0200
          Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-26 14:30 +0200
            Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-27 08:50 +0200
            Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-27 22:10 +0200
              Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-28 02:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-29 08:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-29 19:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-30 09:40 +0200
              Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-28 13:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-28 14:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-28 20:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-28 21:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-29 01:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-29 09:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-29 11:30 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-30 13:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-30 15:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-05-30 15:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-05-30 17:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-06-02 09:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-02 13:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-06-02 13:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-02 18:30 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-02 18:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-02 19:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of          software/security updates? Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-06-02 21:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-02 21:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-03 21:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-03 04:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 02:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com> - 2021-06-04 04:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 08:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com> - 2021-06-04 12:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 12:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-06-04 17:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-04 14:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-06-04 14:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-06-04 17:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-04 15:30 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-04 19:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-03 04:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-29 15:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-30 12:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-30 13:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-30 13:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-30 13:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-28 20:30 +0200
              Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-05-28 14:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-29 01:40 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-01 19:30 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-06-01 20:00 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-01 20:10 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-01 19:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-06-01 20:30 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-01 13:20 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-01 15:50 +0200
                Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-06-01 15:30 +0200
  Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-05-25 21:20 +0200
    Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-25 23:00 +0200
      Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-05-25 23:40 +0200
  Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-05-25 23:10 +0200
  Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-06-02 22:00 +0200
    Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-06-02 22:10 +0200
      Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-03 21:10 +0200
    Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-03 03:50 +0200
      Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-06-03 22:20 +0200
        Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-03 22:30 +0200
        Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Stella Ashburne <rewefie@gmx.com> - 2021-06-04 02:10 +0200
          Re: How do I permanently disable unattended downloads of  software/security updates? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-06-04 11:10 +0200

csiph-web