cron.daily apt-get update concern for dialup users.

[Tony Arnold]

Lex,

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 10:38 +1100, Lex Hider wrote:

> Just noticed that apt-get update is getting run on the cron.daily pass.
> As a dial-up user, this means that for approx. 1st 15 minutes all
> 'apt-get update' is hogging all my bandwidth and I really can't view any
> webpages or check mail.
> 
> I'm not sure what the answer is, I just thought it was a pertinent point
> to be raised.

Which version are you using? I'm using Warty on a number of machines,
and I don't have anything in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d which would cause the
above.

I'm also confused by apt as the man pages refer to a
single /etc/apt/apt.conf file for configuration, whereas, there is
actually a directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d which is supposed to contain a
number of config files.

Regards,
Tony.
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