update-manager sync at install

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Wed Feb 23 10:40:40 CST 2005


On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 12:44:07PM +0100, H. C. Brugmans wrote:

> Personally, I think its decent to at least pick an update-time when 
> users actually expect something like it happening. I have no clue when 
> the cron-job is due right now.
> Personally, I'd like to be able to have the option to control when it 
> updates, at boot or no, every 12/24/36 hours, you name it.

It runs from anacron, and so uses the existing mechanisms in cron and
anacron for scheduling.

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 - mdz



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