Re: How to make apt-get upgrade to work non-interactively?
#will make install NOT interactive [so those windows wont appear]
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
apt-get --quiet -y --force-yes dist-upgrade
On Thu, Mar 03, 2005 at 12:20:18AM +1100, Ivan Teliatnikov wrote:
> Dear list users,
>
> I have re-configured debconf to do non-interactive and low critical
> levels. Nevertheless occasionally upgrade will not proceed without
> user's interaction. I have notices that under such circumstances system
> always suggests a meaningful default behaviour. Sometimes it is yes,
> sometimes it is no. For example:
>
> Configuration file `/etc/cups/client.conf'
> ==> 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.
> *** client.conf (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
>
> I want apt-get to stick to the default, how do tell it to do so?
>
>
> There are two option available for apt-get
>
> --trivial-only - assumes NO as an answer to any prompts
> --assume-yes - assumes Yes as an answer to any prompts
>
> Both options is not exactly what I want? Is there such option as
> use-default?
>
> If such option does not exist, how can be automatic upgrade of large
> number of machines can be achieved using just apt-get.
>
> I know that one way is to use systemimager, but it is not always
> possible if the machine pool is heterogeneous?
> --
> Ivan Teliatnikov <ivan@geosci.usyd.edu.au>
> University of Sydney
>
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