On Monday, 13.06.2005 at 17:57 +0800, Robert Vangel wrote: > Dave Ewart wrote: > >> > >>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. > > > > I've had that line in my crontab for about 18 months now, never found > the need to install another package to do the same thing ;) > > But I would assume cron-apt is a bit more configurable, but meh, it just > works(tm) :) I think it might handle problems and failures a bit more sensibly than a raw job, but if your connection to your Debian mirror is reliable, it probably makes little difference. 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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