Re: running apt-get update && apt-get upgrade as a cronjob?
:: kmself writes:
> on Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 03:27:40PM -0500, Walter Tautz (wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
>> Just wondering if this is possible in view of the fact that
>> configuration is sometime done and so requires interaction.
> *DON'T* run a blind upgrade as a matter of course. Particularly if
> you're tracking unstable.
> My preference:
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --download-only
Maybe do an apt-get update first, then choose the wanted packages, and
put only an apt-get -y upgrade in the crontab? That way he'd have a
chance to see what he's upgrading first -- although there's still some
chance that things would break, I suppose...
I usually do a apt-get -d dist-upgrade at night (when connection time
is cheaper here), but I do the update and selection before.
J.
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