Subj : Re: Bookworm update behavior To : All From : Richard Kettlewell Date : Thu Nov 06 2025 08:31:59 bp@www.zefox.net writes: > druck wrote: >> On 05/11/2025 03:05, bp@www.zefox.net wrote: >>> Bookworm prompts freqently, sometimes daily, that updates are available. >>> If I click the install button the machine does its gymnastics and says >>> everything is up to date. At least outwardly, no change is apparent. >>> >>> Somewhere around noon the next day I _do_ notice changes. Usually >>> it's in the form of some mischief; YouTube stops working right, >>> WiFi stops working right, something like that. Occasionally, an >>> existing misfeature dissapears, ie, YouTube works better, etc. >>> >>> Am I mistaken? At least about the overnight delay? >> >> The Pixel desktop updater works in the background downloading and >> applying the changes. Unless you have not done an update many months >> it should only take a couple of minutes, except if your WiFi is >> exceptionally slow. > > As a rule, the system(s) report "system is up to date" within a > few minutes. One of them is a Pi5 with wired ethernet. the other > is a Pi2 on WiFi. > > How long might it take for services to restart > after that point on the machine with wired ethernet? They are restarted during the upgrade. If you are getting ?system is up to date? then the process has finished. -- https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/ --- PyGate Linux v1.5 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .