Re: How to apt-get from preseed/late_command?

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

Op 01-03-2007 om 22:17 schreef Josef Wolf:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:51:55PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Josef Wolf wrote:
> > > I'd like to "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" from preseed/late_command
> > > causing the first reboot to come up with updated kernel/modules.
> 
 <snip/>
> 
> > > BTW: Is there any reason that automatic update/upgrade at the end of the
> > >      install is not done in the official distribution?
> > 
> > Because an upgrade process is generally much less constrained than an
> > initial install in terms of what can possibly go wrong. There can be
> > config file modification prompts (due to bugs in packages mostly), and
> > lots of other potential for stuff that wouldn't happen during an
> > install.
> 
> Does that mean that it is a bad idea to do that from late_command?

I did read: "all the risks in update && upgrade are avoided"


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