Re: disable swup -quite

Ariën Huisken wrote:
>> dear friends,
>> how to disable automatic updates swup . i look from ps ax i see this :
>>   785 ?        S      0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily
>>   875 ?        S      0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/swup.cron
>>   876 ?        S      0:12 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/swup --upgrade --quiet
> 
> I'm still hoping someone will fix swup, like a check if it still  
> running or a timeout. Disabling the upgrades looks like a bad idea to  
> me.
> 
> Removing swup.cron from /etc/cron.daily or rpm -e swup-cron would do  
> the trick.
> 

Anyone is free to continue development of swup. It doesn't seem like 
Comodo has the resources to do that, or at least they don't seem willing 
to make it a priority.

The swup code base is quite tidy, and even includes a comment or two, 
and python is a language worth learning, so when I say anyone, I mean it.

If you need acess to the code, the tsl developers surely can grant that 
on swup.trustix.org, which has a cvs tree available. It can also be 
downloaded via http on that site.

But seriously: If the distribution maintainer aren't willing to continue 
development of it's software updater, it should consider replacing it 
with a tool more widely used, maintained by others.. :)


regards