Le 22/06/2016 14:20, Irrwahn a écrit :
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 13:46:43 +0200, Emninger wrote:
>> Am Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:35:48 +0000
>> schrieb KatolaZ <katolaz@???>:
>>> The easiest way is to have a cron script that runs once a day, with
>>> root provileges, and calls "apt-get update".
> [...]
>> Thanks for your pointer. So, essentially, there is no way to play
>> around the need of root.
> Actually, I am much more in favor of the brilliant suggestion
> made by Giovanni Rapagnani in another reply:
>
> | another way of periodically updating the lists of packages is
> | to add this line in a file under /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ e.g.
> | /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic:
> |
> | APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
>
> I already had the funny feeling I was missing some already
> existing mechanism to solve the problem! (Emninger and I
> already discussed this topic off-list.)
>
If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. If
it is to upgrade my system automatically, I would be afraid it brings in
some undesired systemd/gnome/*kit dependency; therefore it isn't
something I want.
Didier
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