Lately when I use these two commands it does not seem that my system is updating and upgrading anything. How do I know when something is wrong? How can I check this? Thank you PING volatile.debian.org (130.89.149.227) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from kassia4.snt.utwente.nl (130.89.149.227): icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=286 ms PING security.debian.org (150.203.164.38) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from nashira.anu.edu.au (150.203.164.38): icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=31.0 ms server1:/home/backup# apt-get update Reading package lists... Done server1:/home/backup# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: bind9-host dnsutils 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. server1:/home/backup#
Thats ok, there are no new updates available. You would get an error message when something would be wrong.