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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0003654Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2016-10-06 09:562017-02-03 14:31
Reporterred667 Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2016.2 
Summary0003654: no package provides /etc/cron.daily/apt
Description

No packages provides /etc/cron.daily/apt. So unattended-upgrades can not be configured.

Also the package unattended-upgrades provides a generic debian file:

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades

which does not contain the kali origins patterns:

    "origin=Kali,codename=kali-rolling,label=main";
    "origin=Kali,codename=kali-rolling,label=contrib";
    "origin=Kali,codename=kali-rolling,label=non-free";
Steps To Reproduce

Queery dpkg for the file:
dpkg -S /etc/cron.daily/apt
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/cron.daily/apt

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2016-10-06 10:09

administrator   ~0006030

apt installs a systemd timer file instead of the old cron script:
/lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.service
/lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer

It also has a cron compat script in case you don't use systemd:
/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat

And I'm not sure that we want to allow automatic upgrades from kali-rolling by default. They can be relatively intrusive at times...

So what's your bug about?
red667

red667

2016-10-06 11:49

reporter   ~0006031

thanks for the info on the timer file. I didn't know that one.

what service needs to run to use unattended-upgrades?

It's ok that automatic upgrades dont run by default, but I would include the relevant origins as comments, so other users don't have to search for how to enable it. I think it might be usefull to have updates turned on since so many updates are published...
red667

red667

2016-10-06 13:39

reporter   ~0006032

Found the info I needed on systemd timers

You can close this bug.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2016-10-06 09:56 red667 New Issue
2016-10-06 10:09 rhertzog Note Added: 0006030
2016-10-06 10:09 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2016-10-06 10:09 rhertzog Status new => feedback
2016-10-06 11:49 red667 Note Added: 0006031
2016-10-06 11:49 red667 Status feedback => assigned
2016-10-06 13:39 red667 Note Added: 0006032
2017-02-03 14:31 rhertzog Status assigned => closed
2017-02-03 14:31 rhertzog Resolution open => no change required