Re: [OT] Upgrade madness (Was: Re: Do developers tend to run unstable?)

[Debian User <xsdg@softhome.net>]

I just let apt-get run in a screen, so if I want, I can leave it running and check on the progress from my laptop.  I also do this when I'm compiling kernels...

	--xsdg

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> I have a cron job to do
> 	apt-get update && apt-get --yes --download-only dist-upgrade
> nightly. It spares me much of the pain of watching downloads run, even
> though DSL mitigates that somewhat. 
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> 
> Cheers,
> Bill
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