automatic update notifer

[Derek Broughton]

Peter Klaassen wrote:

> Op Tuesday 26 August 2008 23:40:27 schreef Derek Broughton:
>> I don't use adept-manager, but apt should be running a job daily in any
>> case.  See /etc/cron.daily/apt (not to mention .../aptitude).  What they
>> do is controlled by the settings in /etc/apt/conf.d/, and I would expect
>> adept-manager to merely set 10periodic (or at least the same keys that I
>> have in that file):
>>
>> APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
>> APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
>> APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
> 
> 
> Derek,
> 
> In /etc/cron.daily/apt I have
> 
> UpdateInterval=0
> DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0
> eval $(apt-config shell UpdateInterval APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists
> DownloadUpgradeableInterval APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages)
> AutocleanInterval=$DownloadUpgradeableInterval
> eval $(apt-config shell AutocleanInterval
> APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval) UnattendedUpgradeInterval=0
> eval $(apt-config shell UnattendedUpgradeInterval
> APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade)
> 
> in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15adept-periodic-update I have:
> 
> APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
> APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
> APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
> APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";
> 
> Looks OK to me so far?

Yes, that looks like it should do what you want. And you had these settings
already while it wasn't working?
-- 
derek