Re: Debian VS. Red Hat
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> A cronned apt-get upgrade might be a bit much, and I myself only do
> "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --download-only". This parks updates
> in /var/cache/apt/archives, but doesn't install packages until
> requested manually by me on the command line.
>
Now this is a good idea (though actually for webservers tthe downloading
is rarely slow, except for ones in India!!!) I shall try this on a few,
thanks!
Jeff
> Because Debian packages may require manual intervention at install time
> (this is a Good Thing, dammit!), this still automates the tedious and
> slow portions of a system upgrade.
>
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