On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM, David Sastre Medina <
d.sastre.med...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 11:34:33PM +0100, A wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:03 PM, David Sastre Medina <
> > d.sastre.med...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 08:32:47PM +0100, A wrote:
> > > > Hola, David,
> > > >
> > > > The file exists under that path, but I can't confirm if it's running
> > > since
> > > > 'invoke-rc.d unattended-upgrades status' returns no output. The same
> for
> > > > 'start' or 'stop' options, no output. I've checked that the proper
> > > symlinks
> > > > to the file exist under "/etc/rc0.d" and "/etc/rc6.d".
> > > >
> > > > In addition, after checking the content of the file [1], I think
> that it
> > > > would affect unattended-upgrades only if the option
> > > > "Unattended-Upgrade::InstallOnShutdown" in
> > > > "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades" would be "true". Which
> is not
> > > > my case.
> > > > Anyway, I would appreciate if you could provide a way to check if the
> > > > "/etc/init.d/unattended-upgrades" is up and running.
> > >
> > > Apparently, there's no such service, it's simply a hook to be run on
> > > shutdown.
> > > Have you checked if manually calling the program, e.g:
> > >
> > > # unattended-upgrade --dry-run
> > >
> > > works as expected?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, I've tried it even adding the debug argument "-d" to your line above
> > and the program works with no errors. The only error is that it doesn't
> run
> > by itself, which would be great for an unattended task.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Does the package provide a cron job for scheduled unattended upgrades?
> > > If not, you might need to write one yourself.
> > >
> >
> > If it does, which I think it should, I can't spot it. I've checked
> > "/etc/crontab" and inside "/etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}" and I
> > can't see any reference to unattended upgrades.
> >
> > If you have to enable unattended-upgrades by yourself using a cron job, I
> > don't see what's the point of the paragraph:
> >
> > If you would prefer to enable it from the command line, run
> > "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow unattended-upgrades".
> >
> > inside "/usr/share/doc/unattended-upgrades/README". If running the line
> > above is not enough to enable the script, they should document all the
> > steps to take.
>
> This is from /etc/cron.daily/apt:
>
> # auto upgrade all upgradeable packages
> UPGRADE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/upgrade-stamp
> if which unattended-upgrade >/dev/null && check_stamp $UPGRADE_STAMP
> $UnattendedUpgradeInterval; then
> if unattended-upgrade $XUUPOPT; then
> update_stamp $UPGRADE_STAMP
> debug_echo "unattended-upgrade (success)"
> else
> debug_echo "unattended-upgrade (error)"
> fi
> else
> debug_echo "unattended-upgrade (not run)"
> fi
>
> which is provided by apt:
>
> # apt-file search /etc/cron.daily/apt
> apt: /etc/cron.daily/apt
>
Yes, I can see the code but I still can't find why the package is not
working. Should I contact the maintainer?
