[tor-relays] manual vs. automated updates

[Greg]

Thanks, Teor and SuperSluether.
That's just what I needed, that TorProject:trusty syntax. Looks like it's
working.

-Greg

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:34 AM, SuperSluether <supersluether at gmail.com>
wrote:

> For Debian-based systems, on the top of "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades"
> my file looks like this:
>
> Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
>     "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
>     "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";
> //    "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-proposed";
>     "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-backports";
>     "TorProject:trusty";
> };
>
> The first 4 allowed origins are for official Ubuntu software for the
> version I'm running, and the last entry says to use the 'trusty' dist from
> the TorProject source.
>
> Here's the original thread where I learned the trick:
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1401845&p=10070689#post10070689
>
>
> On 11/01/2016 12:44 AM, Greg wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm very interested in setting up unattended upgrades for tor. I tried
> searching for instructions on how to do it. But the only instructions I
> could really find didn't work (on the Library Freedom git project).
> How do I write the config so that the tor repo (or whatever it's called)
> is updated by unattended upgrades?
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2016 1:23 AM, "nusenu" <nusenu at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
> > 32 relays updated (Debian + Tor compiled to latest version)
> >
> > I am getting too old for this without a server management system ....
>
> not all relays with your contactinfo seem to be updated properly
> doing it manually is slow and error prone.
> Maybe consider using the 'unattended-upgrades' package?
>
> (only found 28 relays)
>
> +---------+---------------------+------------+
> | version | nickname            | restarted  |
> +---------+---------------------+------------+
> | 0.2.8.7 | niftychipmunk       | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.7 | niftymouse          | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.7 | niftygerbil         | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.7 | niftyquokka         | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | testnode2           | 2016-10-23 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | DOESaDEworkWITHtor1 | 2016-10-20 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftypedetes        | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyeuropeanrabbit | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftychinchilla     | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | 2ndTRYdeEXIT        | 2016-10-20 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftysugarglider    | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyvolcanorabbit  | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyrat            | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftypatagonianmara | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftywoodmouse      | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftysquirrel       | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | mullahspinymouse    | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftybankvole       | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | capespinymouse      | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyhedgehog       | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftycapybara       | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | testnode            | 2016-10-23 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | cairospinymouse     | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftykangaroorat    | 2016-10-25 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftypika           | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyjerboa         | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftyguineapig      | 2016-10-26 |
> | 0.2.8.9 | niftycottontail     | 2016-10-26 |
> +---------+---------------------+------------+
>
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