April 2010
apt-get install -y cron-apt
From /etc/cron-apt/action.d/3-download
, remove the line that starts with autoclean
.
We do want to update the machine soon after updates are available, but we do not want to lose old versions of programs, as these old versions enable us to do a rollback.
Create a file /etc/cron-apt/action.d/4-dist-upgrade
that reads:
dist-upgrade -y
Update /etc/cron.d/cron-apt
to reflect the frequency of updating you wish.
# # Regular cron jobs for the cron-apt package # # Every night at 4 o'clock. # 0 4 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt # Every hour. 0 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt /etc/cron-apt/config2 # Every five minutes. # */5 * * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt /etc/cron-apt/config2