I tested it by leaving it for 70 minutes, having run apt-get update beforehand, and having checked to see that there were updates. Updates were still there after, and there hadn't been any messages telling me I needed to update.
On 09/03/13 23:08, Asterix wrote: > Ok, so that means that security updates would get applied anyway, > through either an apt cronjob or the default packagekit settings? > > I will try and test it more. Just to check, if I left debian on for a > bit over an hour, when I know there are updates available, and the > settings as check "hourly", and automatically apply "all available" > updates, then what would the expected outcome be? Should I be notified > of updates, or should they be automatically applied, or neither? > Cheers, > Zack > > On 09/03/13 17:05, Matthias Klumpp wrote: >> Okay, thanks! Everything is okay with PackageKit, so this apparently >> is an issue with GNOME. Maybe the frontend relies on the cronjob being >> present, which we don't ship in Debian. But I don't think that is the >> reason. Usually updates should be fetched via a plugin in GSD. >> And for me, this plugin is working.... I will do some more tests, but >> this might be an issue in GSD... >> Cheers, >> Matthias >> >> P.S: Please always subscribe the bugtracker in replies, so that we can >> keep track of the bug status publicly. >> >> 2013/3/9 Asterix <zzz...@rocketmail.com>: >>> http://pastebin.com/TybciHx8 >>> >>> how often does the apt cronjob fetch updates? No error messages. How do >>> most people get updates, if they had the settings as automatically >>> receive all updates? Do they get automatically applied, or does it just >>> inform you? >>> >>> On 07/03/13 18:23, Matthias Klumpp wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> This is a tricky issue, and I am not sure that we can fix it for >>>> Wheezy, as it would require too many code changes. Generally, there is >>>> an Apt cronjob for fetching updates, so this shouldn't be an issue. >>>> And also the settings in gpk-prefs should work.... Have you checked if >>>> the packagekitd daemon crashed when applying a setting? (run sudo >>>> /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekitd --verbose in a Terminal, change a >>>> setting and pastebin the output somewhere, so I can take a look at it) >>>> Updating packages has no known issues.... Did you get any error message? >>>> Later, you might try GPK and PK from Debian Experimental, but these >>>> packages aren't ready for use yet. >>>> Regards, >>>> Matthias >>>> >>>> 2013/3/7 Asterix <zzz...@rocketmail.com>: >>>>> Package: gnome-packagekit >>>>> Version: 3.4.2-2 >>>>> Followup-For: Bug #702241 >>>>> >>>>> Dear Maintainer, >>>>> >>>>> Even when there are updates that it knows about, for example if I have >>>>> run apt- >>>>> get update, or refresh on synaptic, it still does not either install them >>>>> or >>>>> notify me that they should be installed, despite the implication of my >>>>> settings >>>>> in gpk-prefs being that it would automatically install them, or at least >>>>> notify >>>>> me about them being there. >>>>> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
