unwanted change to lower desktop resolution during tty1 virtual console boot process

Not using any desktop environment. Not using any login manager. Using Debian stretch inside VirtualBox. Initially during boot the usual grub configuration [1] works for me. The screen resolution get increased from to 1024x768. However, as systemd continues booting, I see "Set console font and key

Why gets unattended-upgrades installed after Debian jessie -> Debian stretch upgrade?

The unattended-upgrades was not installed on my Debian jessie system. After upgrading to Debian stretch, the package unattended-upgrades got installed. 'reverse-depends unattended-upgrades' [1] did not make me any wiser. There must be a gap of my apt knowledge. Can anyone shed light on this please?

Does apt-get have an 'all upgrades installed' hook?

Hi! Is there some hook, that can be dispatched, once all 'apt-get upgrade's have been installed? Cheers, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/55c

Are there packages that modify iptables rules?

Hi, are there packages that modify the system's iptables rules? Cheers, Patrick

How do packages that modify iptables rules prevent race conditions?

Hi, as I just learned on the mailing list, that at least the packages fail2ban and miniupnpd [and most likely arno-iptables-firewall also] modify iptables rules... Is there a chance for race conditions? I.e. two packages trying to add iptables rules at the same time and thereby failing to do so?