Is it safe to automatically update with cron?

To: Debian user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Is it safe to automatically update with cron?
From: Danie Roux <droux@tuks.co.za>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:00:38 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20030519070038.GC8330@student.up.ac.za>
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I have a woody server, with security.debian.org in the sources.list.

Is it safe to put:

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade

In cron (daily, for example)?

-- 
Danie Roux *shuffle* Adore Unix

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