On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 01:43:27AM +0200, Patrick Matthäi wrote: > I do not think that this is correct. Current apt (wheezy) also > installs a cronjob which updates the package list every day.
apt 0.9.7.2 (testing) does include that cronjob, but its default configuration, which i don't see overridden by other apt packages, is to not run `apt-get update` automatically. (APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";). to be fair, there is the update-notifier-common package, which is pulled in by kde-standard; that package does enable automatic `apt-get update` runs. > .. and I also think, that this is not the optimal usecase. apt-dater > is meant for updating/keeping up to date/install per group etc on > servers, not for desktops or clients with a pay-volume (and apt-get > update does not generate so much traffic). i wasn't aware that that would be the typical use case; i'm using it to my good satisfaction on all boxes on my small lan, several of which are laptops, which occasionally travel to where traffic costs money. > >please remove that automation, or make it a debconf option defaulting to > >off. > > You still could remove this cron.d, debconf question is not required here. i rather commented out the lines in 99apt-dater-host_periodic, as the cron job can do useful things apart from downloading (backuping, cleaning up cache). that's what i'd recommend to other users who share my concern too. (removing the file would also work, but i'm not familiar enough with the config file update procedures to know if it really does the same; commenting the lines out feels better for me.) if you insist that the current behavior is ok, please document it. as it is specific to apt-dater-host's debian package, a /usr/share/doc/apt-dater-host/README.Debian would lend itself to it, and might look like this: ------ apt-dater-host for Debian ------------------------- In order to speed up refresh and installation, apt-dater-host configures apt to update the package lists and to download upgradable packages on a daily basis. If you prefer this not to happen, e.g. if you have to keep network traffic low, comment out the lines in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99apt-dater-host_periodic by prepending a # character to them. ------
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