[Aptitude-devel] Bug#816349: Bug#816349: aptitude: cannot seem to disable automatic download of updates

[Fulano Diego Perez]

hi

Axel Beckert:
> Hi,
> 
> Fulano Diego Perez wrote:
>> $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic
>> APT
>> {
>>         Periodic
>>         {
>>         Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
>>         Update-Package-Lists "0";
>>         Unattended-Upgrade "0";
>>         AutocleanInterval "0";
>>         }
>> }
> 
> This has nothing to do with Aptitude and is ignored by aptitude. The
> only file which cares about these settings is /etc/cron.daily/apt from
> the apt package.

noting /etc/cron.daily/apt i changed from 02periodic to 10periodic with
the addition of Enable "0";

/etc/cron.daily/apt remains as is default

> 
> Looks rather like a support issue than a bug to me. If the information
> below helps you to fix the issue, I'd close the bug report afterwards.
> If it doesn't, I'd at least reassign it to the apt package.
> 
>> there is no /etc/apt/apt.conf by default as far as im aware in debian
>> stretch
> 
> That's correct. You can still choose to create that file. If I
> remember correctly, it overrules settings from /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/.
> 
>> what else needs to be done in order to disable this ?
> 
> You've chosen a rather low number in the file name. If e.g.

above and also

> unattended-upgrade is installed, it installs those two files which
> have higher priorities than your file and will overwrite the settings
> above:
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   80 Jul 11  2015 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2331 Jan 21 23:07 /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

these are not installed

> 
> So please check all files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ with a higher
> number, too.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  141 Oct 13  2014 20listchanges
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1040 Jun  8  2015 20packagekit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   70 Feb  1 19:29 20torproxy
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1711 Jan 15 07:29 50appstream
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  182 Mar 19  2015 70debconf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  338 May 23  2015 99needrestart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  314 Feb 24 20:23 99-tor

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141 Oct 13 2014 20listchanges

DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs { "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne
10"; };
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";

-------------------------------------------------------------

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1040 Jun 8 2015 20packagekit

// i.e. if an user removes a package that had an update
DPkg::Post-Invoke {
"/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service &&
/usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bi$
};

// When Apt's cache is updated (i.e. apt-cache update)
APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success {
"/usr/bin/test -e
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service &&
/usr/bin/test -S /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket && /usr/bi$
};

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 Feb 1 19:29 20torproxy

unlikely

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1711 Jan 15 07:29 50appstream

unlikely

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 Mar 19 2015 70debconf

DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};

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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 338 May 23 2015 99needrestart
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 314 Feb 24 20:23 99-tor

unlikely

> 
> "apt-config dump | fgrep -i periodic" probably also helps to debug your issue.

APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Enable "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";

> 
>> is there a gnome package manager possibly interfering ?
> 
> That's possible, yes.
> 
>> its very frustrating on a limited bandwidth connection each time a usb
>> modem, for example, is connected ...
> 
> Yeah, I know that very well. In case you want automatic downloads, but
> still spare bandwidth, have a look at debdelta and this setting:
> 
> APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages-Debdelta "1";

this is set by default in /etc/cron.daily/apt as above

> 
> 		Regards, Axel
>