Martin-Éric, On Sat, Apr 02, 2022 at 09:44:49AM +0300, Martin-Éric Racine wrote: > Is there such a thing as Debian systems that don't run off systemd nowadays?
Absolutely. Alternative inits which are still viable include runit, openrc and sysvinit. I use all 3 in various places. > The key problem is APT updating its lists several times in a row > whenever cron.daily is run i.e. via every package that installs a > similar snipet either via cron or via apt.conf.d, which quickly > becomes redundant. Didn't the test # Don't bother if /sbin/init is systemd. APT ships native timers nowadays. if [ -d /run/systemd/system ]; then exit 0; fi already protect against that? > Which part of the cron snipet specifically do you find essential? Well, not essential but after upgrading I noticed I no longer got the daily email I had come to expect about upgradable packages. Thanks Mark
