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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] unatternded upgrades by default in Debian
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 06:02:52AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 08:32:25AM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > I just found the following comment on Soylent News:
> >
> >
> > https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=30051&page=1&cid=799766#commentwrap
> >
> >
> >
> > > As of Debian 9 (Stretch) both the unattended-upgrades and
> > > apt-listchanges packages are installed by default and upgrades are
> > > enabled with the GNOME desktop. Rudimentary configuration is
> > > accessible via the "Software & Updates" application
> > > (software-properties-gtk).
> >
> > > it's a Debian thing that depend on systemd to start at reboot
> >
> >
> > Sounds like something we don't want.
> >
>
> Sorry Hendrik, but instead of citing an anonymous post on an unknown
> blog with rants about Debian and other Debian derivatives (among a lot
> of other unrelated things), have you actually seen unattended-upgrades
> installed "automatically and by default" in any Devuan installation?


It was a problem on a Debian system.
Sometimes they propagate.

-- hendrik