* 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 ;)