Re: Handling of removed packages
On Fri May 30 2008 10:20:51 Russ Allbery wrote:
> Mike Bird <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> writes:
> > All packages on live servers and workstations are installed with "dpkg
> > -i" to ensure we're using a tested combination. We could manually copy
> > the package lists or "apt-get install foo=x.y.z" but "dpkg -i" is more
> > convenient.
>
> Whatever works for you. :) We use aptitude for everything in production
> and update the package lists nightly as part of our jobs to report which
> packages are out of date, and have never had any problems with that.
>
> I'd personally consider your method to be a poor time versus risk
> tradeoff, but you may value your time lower and your risk higher than I
> do.
There's a bunch of scripts which avoid much labor time.
The main downside is the longer elapsed time to roll
out Debian security updates, although we could always
use apt-get if a particular situation warranted.
--Mike Bird
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