On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 06:07:30PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > Hi Henry > > It must be so that the aptitude command make the program fail for some reason. > Please try with apt-get instead of aptitude as command. Apt-get is much > better at > handling non-interactive sessions than aptitude. > > Best regards, > > // Ola > > On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 08:24:46AM +0100, [email protected] wrote:
Last night I commented out APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/aptitude and replaced it with /usr/bin/apt-get No other changes Update ran Upgrade did not: this morning "aptitude full-upgrade" installed new packages at the command prompt ie no effect of the change. -- Henry > > Package: cron-apt > > Version: 0.6.8 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > After updating from Lenny to Squeeze last week, I realised that while > > packages > > were being downloaded, cron-apt was not upgrading any packages. Cron-apt > > was working normally on Lenny > > > > My /etc/config file is the following > > > > APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/aptitude > > RUNSLEEP=3600 > > MINTMPDIRSIZE=10 > > ACTIONDIR="/etc/cron-apt/action.d" > > NOLOCKWARN="" > > ERROR="/var/log/cron-apt/error" > > TEMP="/var/log/cron-apt/temp" > > LOG="/var/log/cron-apt/log" > > MAIL="/var/log/cron-apt/mail" > > MAILTO="root" > > MAILON="always" > > DEBUG="output" > > OPTIONS="-o quiet=1" > > > > DIFFIGNORE="^\(Get:[[:digit:]]\+\|Hit\|Ign\|Del\|Fetched\|Freed\|Reading\)[[:space:]]" > > > > My Var/log/cron-apt directory contains a file "log". No contents > > > > /var/log/syslog contains the following > > > > May 1 04:51:11 newdebian cron-apt: CRON-APT RUN [/etc/cron-apt/config]: > > Fri May 1 04:00:02 BST 2009 > > May 1 04:51:11 newdebian cron-apt: CRON-APT SLEEP: 3008, Fri May 1 > > 04:50:10 BST 2009 > > May 1 04:51:11 newdebian cron-apt: CRON-APT ACTION: 0-update > > May 1 04:51:11 newdebian cron-apt: CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/aptitude update > > -o quiet=2 > > May 1 04:51:11 newdebian cron-apt: Reading package lists... > > > > > > /etc/cron-apt/action.d/ > > 0-update contains > > update -o quiet=2 > > 3-download contains > > autoclean -y > > dist-upgrade -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true > > > > Ie it seems that the cron-apt is running the update but not the download > > commands. I have tried fiddling with commands but the output remains the > > same > > > > Not sure if this is a bug, but any assistance would be much appreciated > > > > -- System Information: > > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > > APT prefers testing > > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-486 > > Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > > > Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: > > ii apt 0.7.20.2 Advanced front-end for dpkg > > > > Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: > > ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20081101cvs-2 A simple mail user agent > > ii cron 3.0pl1-105 management of regular > > background p > > ii liblockfile1 1.08-3 NFS-safe locking library, > > includes > > ii mailx 1:20081101-2 Transitional package for mailx > > ren > > > > cron-apt suggests no packages. > > > > -- no debconf information > > > > > > -- > > Henry > > > > > > > > -- > --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- > / [email protected] Annebergsslingan 37 \ > | [email protected] 654 65 KARLSTAD | > | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | > \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
