On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 18:39 Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote:

> On 21/09/2018 07:51, Default User wrote:
> > Using advice given, using apt-listings and aptitude full-update, l was
> able
> > to update everything except the 3 packages in question, which are now
> > "pinned", with a priority of 3000.
>
> I find apt-mark hold more convenient than pinning.
>
> > I do have both cron and anacron installed, but have never used or done
> > anything to configure them. Note: the computer in question is not on
> 24/7,
> > but is normally on part of every day. Thus anacron, per the apt-listbugs
> > man page.
>
> I mask cron and anacron because I prefer manual control of all system
> maintenance tasks.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> --
> Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
> Director
> Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
> New Zealand
>


Now you tell me . . .
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