Re: Safety issues of cronning "apt-get -y upgrade"

[Robert Vangel <vangelr@rfgt.net>]

Clinton V. Weiss wrote:
> On a stable Debian machine, would cronning
>  apt-get -y upgrade
> (with the apt-get -y update of course) on a daily or weekly basis have 
> any fault points?
>
> I'm asking since I'd like to ensure that upgrading of a server's 
> packages is safe and secure without the need to SSH into the machine 
> just for updates.
>
> Thank you for your varied opinions to come,
> Clinton

I use apt-get -dy upgrade

This way it just downloads the upgraded packages automatically, and once 
I get around to connecting to the box I can then select which ones to 
upgrade one at a time and then finish the job off.

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