On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 01:42:28PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > I would like to discuss and suggest the following thing: > > On my 64-bit notebook I am using anacron and (of course) apt. In the apt > package included is the file /etc/cron.daily/apt, which contents some lines, > which are starting a find process. This find process initiated by apt (and I > hope, I am right with this information of the initiation source) consumes a > lot of harddrive actions for several minutes after boot, which makes the > computer at this time rather slow. > > Of course, it is one of the processes started by anacron. > > IMO this is an annoying situation for notebook users, as sepeciela , when you > just want to start, wanted to do some things quickly, and then shutting down > again - just as many notebook users do! > > My suggestion to this problem are these: > > 1. delete /etc/cron.daily/apt manually > > O.k., this can be easily done, but how necessary is this file at all? > > > 2. If this file is not very necessary do not put /etc/cron.daily/apt into the > apt-package, but maybe it should be put into some other package (for example > cron-apt), or , another opportunity, as a standalone package. > > > 3. put this file to cron.monthly or cron.weekly, or, let it start manually > somehow (this third option was just a thought) > > What do you think? Is there a way and a chance, to improve things? Any > feedback will be very welcome.
Create file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/disable_periodic_apt containing: APT::Periodic::Enable=0 Problem solved. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
