On Monday, 13.06.2005 at 11:14 +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > 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. The package cron-apt also does what you describe, negating even the need to write your own cron job :-) Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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