* Ivan Teliatnikov <ivan@geosci.usyd.edu.au> [041220 07:31]: > What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian > sarge machines. Assuming you test it on one machine first, ... > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade > > Nevertheless I was asked some questions as follows: > > Configuration file `/etc/profile' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. > What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: > Y or I : install the package maintainer's version > N or O : keep your currently-installed version > D : show the differences between the versions > Z : background this process to examine the situation > The default action is to keep your current version. > *** profile (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? You could run it with yes | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade > What is the best way? I think this should work, allthough I don't think it is the most elegant solution ;) Yours sincerely, Alexander
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