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what can be causing /etc/cron.daily/apt to hang?
Lately I've been getting a mail from the server every day,
Subject
Cron <root@host> test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
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Grub fails to update, apt ignores hold on package
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
It's also an EC2 Instance
$ apt-mark showhold
grub-pc
Today I've ran apt-get upgrade and ...
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Errors running apt-get update and apt-get install mysql-server
Since yesterday I've been trying to run
apt-get update
unsuccessfully in Ubuntu instances I am creating on the EC2.
In specific I've been getting these errors:
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com ...
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1answer
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How can I stop unattended-upgrades from rebooting the machine?
I just had a look at my Amazon EC2 instance and noticed I had 20 minutes exactly of downtime. I didn't know what caused it so I logged in to SSH and tried upgrading my packages, and saw that the ...
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1answer
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Blacklisting grub packages from installing
I am trying to block GRUB packages from being installed (after having purged them). The problem is virtually identical to Blacklisting packages from installing and even involves GRUB which is exactly ...
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How do I apt-get -y dist-upgrade without a grub config prompt?
Per Make apt-get (or aptitude) run with -y but not prompt for replacement of configuration files?
I did the following:
ec2run ami-3c994355 --region us-east-1 -n 1 -t m1.large -z us-east-1d
On the ...
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Should I upgrade kernel packages on EC2 instances?
On my EC2 server, when I do sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade, I see:
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-ec2 linux-image-ec2 linux-image-virtual linux-virtual
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