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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/21/2012 05:27 AM, Hamish wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Micha wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I see on beta2 that the
update-notifier taskbar applet thingy is still installed and
running. I seem to recall some discussion that this should
be disabled since, on a LiveDVD there's no sense
updating...
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it should be there for VMs, persistent USBs, and for people who install the
OSGeo "OS" onto their hard drive from the DVD or a USB stick.
But right now it is checking daily, we should have it check weekly so that
single-use boots from the DVD never see it (or maybe only see it 1/7th of
the time, I'm not sure how it counts).
the challenge is to find which text file on the OS controls that setting.
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I've rummaged around a bit and found:<br>
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user@osgeolive:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99update-notifier <br>
DPkg::Post-Invoke {"if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch
/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e
/var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo >
/var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi "; };<br>
user@osgeolive:~$ <br>
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So it looks like update-notifier is using the timestamp on files to
know when it last ran, and if there are updates. <br>
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In addition there's the 'apt' cron job in /etc/cron.daily that is
checking for updates every day. So, if I understand what's going on,
essentially at every boot of a DVD the situation will be set to
updates available, and the notifier will kick in.<br>
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thanks,
Hamish
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