# this will set APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists in /etc/apt/apt.conf
# apt.conf is in turn read by the apt cron file loacted in /etc/cron.daily/apt
# the /etc/crontab file must have the daily line for daily to be run
type: u32
default: 1
help: Set to update the the repository cache every n days (0 disables auto-update)
syntax:expression: $VAR(@) >= 0 && $VAR(@) < 32 ; "auto-sync must be between 0 and 32 days"
update:expression: "sudo sh -c \"touch /etc/apt/apt.conf && \
sed -i '/APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists*/d' /etc/apt/apt.conf && \
echo \\\"APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists \\\"$VAR(@)\\\";\\\" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf\" "
delete:expression: "sudo sh -c \"touch /etc/apt/apt.conf && \
sed -i '/APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists*/d' /etc/apt/apt.conf\" "