• sznio@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      First thing I do on Debian is disabling unattended upgrades. I will need to install some package now and it will always get in the way.

      • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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        2 years ago

        That’s odd. If unattended upgrades are running, the system will do upgrades regularly. That means it’s unlikely to get a significant backlog of updates queued up. Upgrade cycles typically finish briefly as a result. All my systems, interactive or headless, are running an update and upgrade cycle every hour. I’ve yet to to run into a case when I couldn’t install a package because apt was in use. It’s not impossible, but I haven’t. Or at least it’s been so long ago that I’ve forgotten about it. I don’t have to think about unpatched vulnerabilities. ☺️

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        2 years ago

        It enables automatic security updates. You could also enable automatic updates for all, not just security. Basically have the system run the meme commands for you.

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          That’s interesting, I didn’t know this can be configured in one line. When I searched how to configure unattended-upgrades myself I only found long solutions.