how to stop cron apt from using all my dialup bandwidth

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:57:21 +1000
erik at dd.nec.com.au (Erik Christiansen) wrote:

> a) There's no /etc/apt/apt.conf. Instead, the APT::Periodic:: stuff is
>    in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic .
> 
> b) There's no handy explanatory text in that file. (But the method names
>    seem pretty self-explanatory.)
> 
> c) The manpage for apt.conf seems to be living in 2004, and also refers
>    to the non-existent /etc/apt/apt.conf .
> 
> Your information indirectly sets my mind at rest on automatic upgrading:
> 
> APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";           (Phew!)

Non-geek method (applied here a few months ago - a fellow dialup
sufferer ;-)

Synaptic --> Repositories --> Settings -->   Uncheck "Automatically check
for software updates"

Really easily discoverable, isn't it ?  ;-)  

*sigh*  

It produces the result Dennis's changes recommend. I also turned
off the automatic cache settings in the same spot,  so I could make my own
decisions, thank you very much ! (I *liked* the way Debian left my apt
cache intact!)


Peter
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