debian/apt.cron.daily: Script can be disabled by APT::Periodic::Enable=0 (Closes: #485476)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index 35ee5db6c..3973e63b5 100644
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #  Dir::Cache::Archive "archives/";
 #  - Set package archive directory
 #
+#  APT::Periodic::Enable "1";
+#  - Enable the update/upgrade script (0=disable)
+#
 #  APT::Periodic::BackupArchiveInterval "0";
 #  - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
 #
@@ -319,6 +322,14 @@ if ! which apt-config >/dev/null ; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
+# check if the user really wants to do something
+AutoAptEnable=1  # default is yes
+eval $(apt-config shell AutoAptEnable APT::Periodic::Enable)
+
+if [ AutoAptEnable -eq 0 ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 # Set VERBOSE mode from  apt-config (or inherit from environment)
 VERBOSE=0
 eval $(apt-config shell VERBOSE APT::Periodic::Verbose)