Or if you're even lazier, like me, just drop an executable script into /etc/cron.daily/
$ cat /etc/cron.daily/apt #!/bin/bash apt-get update -qq apt-get dist-upgrade -qqd apt-get dist-upgrade -qqdt experimental For what its worth, whenever I want to download something big, now (like upgrading to experimental gnome last week) I jump onto jetstreamgames and download the packages from the ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz mirror (which I use as my primary debian mirror anyway) - Sascha On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 08:53 +1200, C. Falconer wrote: > Do you leave your box on at night time? > > In my /etc/crontab file I have these lines > > 0 1 * * * root /usr/bin/dpkg --get-selections > > /etc/PACKAGELIST > Generates a text file that shows all installed packages - good to back up > for restoring machine > > 20 1 * * * root /usr/bin/apt-get update -qq > Quietly update the lists > > 40 1 * * * root /usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -qq > --download-only > Download all packages that are needed for an upgrade but don't install them. > > > 0 2 * * mon-sat root /root/bin/backup > /var/log/backup.log > Do my daily backup > > All my machines have something like this, with various times set in the wee > hours. They all use the squid proxy too, so generally downloads are > decreased.
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