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Re: Is everyone's system "apt-get -qq update"ing every day?

From: Adam Porter <adam(at)alphapapa.net>
Date: Thu Jan 03 2008 - 15:36:42 EST

Joey Hess wrote:

> Adam Porter wrote:

>>        return 1

>> if check_stamp $UPDATE_STAMP $UpdateInterval; then
>>    if apt-get -qq update 2>/dev/null; then

>> As you can see, I haven't enabled the perodic updates in apt.conf, but
>> the check_stamp function returns true if the interval is set to 0,

>
> In shell script, 1 is false.

Hm, ok. Well, I guess I'll have to look for another reason. I sometimes find "apt-get -qq update" running from a cronjob, and I can't explain why. Thanks.

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