On Thursday 23 March 2017 04:26:17 Teemu Likonen wrote: > Lisi Reisz [2017-03-22 00:37:18Z] wrote: > > How do I get unattended upgrades a) to function and b) to tell me when > > it has upgraded something. > > Probably you need to add the following lines in the top of > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades file (or some other file in > the same directory). > > APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; > APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; > APT::Periodic::CleanInterval "1"; > > Systemd timer and service apt-daily.{timer,service} runs daily but if a > laptop is on battery power the service unit doesn't do anything. That's > easy to override on Debian 9 but requires an uglier hack on Debian 8.
Thank you, Teemu. I haven't yet tried that, but intend doing so. Lisi