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@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ * [Classes](#classes) * [apt](#apt) * [apt::apticron](#apt-apticron) - * [apt::cron::download](#apt-cron-download) * [apt::cron::dist_upgrade](#apt-cron-dist_upgrade) * [apt::dist_upgrade](#apt-dist_upgrade) * [apt::dist_upgrade::initiator](#apt-dist_upgrade-initiator) @@ -50,6 +49,9 @@ Ubuntu support is lagging behind but not absent either. ## Upgrade Notice<a name="upgrade-notice"></a> + * The `$apt_cron_hours` global variable is deprecated. + Use `apt::cron::dist_upgrade`'s `cron_hours` parameter instead. + * The default value of the `$repos` parameter was removed since the logic is now in the `apt::params` class. If you have explicitly set `$repos` to 'auto' in your manifests, you should remove this. @@ -321,30 +323,20 @@ Example usage: } -## apt::cron::download<a name="apt-cron-download"></a> +## apt::cron::dist_upgrade<a name="apt-cron-dist_upgrade"></a> -This class sets up `cron-apt` so that it downloads upgradable packages, does not -actually do any upgrade and emails when the output changes. +This class sets up cron-apt so that it dist-upgrades the system and +emails when upgrades are performed. `cron-apt` defaults to run at 4 AM. You may want to set the -`$apt_cron_hours` variable before you include the class: its value will +`$cron_hours` class parameter before you include the class: its value will be passed as the "hours" parameter of a cronjob. Example: # Run cron-apt every three hours - $apt_cron_hours = '*/3' + class { 'apt::cron::dist_upgrade': cron_hours => '*/3' } Note that the default 4 AM cronjob won't be disabled. - -## apt::cron::dist_upgrade<a name="apt-cron-dist_upgrade"></a> - -This class sets up cron-apt so that it dist-upgrades the system and -emails when upgrades are performed. - -See [apt::cron::download](#apt-cron-download) above if you need to run `cron-apt` more often -than once a day. - - ## apt::dist_upgrade<a name="apt-dist_upgrade"></a> This class provides the `Exec['apt_dist-upgrade']` resource that |