class apt::cron::dist_upgrade ( $cron_hours = '', ) { package { 'cron-apt': ensure => installed } case $cron_hours { '': {} default: { # cron-apt defaults to run every night at 4 o'clock # so we try not to run at the same time. cron { 'apt_cron_every_N_hours': command => 'test -x /usr/sbin/cron-apt && /usr/sbin/cron-apt', user => root, hour => "${cron_hours}", minute => 10, require => Package['cron-apt'], } } } $action = "autoclean -y dist-upgrade -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true -o 'DPkg::Options::=--force-confold' " file { '/etc/cron-apt/action.d/3-download': ensure => absent, } package { 'apt-listbugs': ensure => absent } file { '/etc/cron-apt/action.d/4-dist-upgrade': content => $action, owner => root, group => 0, mode => '0644', require => Package[cron-apt]; } file { '/etc/cron-apt/config.d/MAILON': content => "MAILON=upgrade\n", owner => root, group => 0, mode => '0644', require => Package[cron-apt]; } }