Re: Silence apt-get for real

[Radu Brumariu <brum76@gmail.com>]

Andrey Andreev wrote:

> Lars Roland wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> ------------------
>> Configuration file `/etc/qmail/tcp.smtp'
>>   ==> 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.
>> *** tcp.smtp (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ? n
>> ------------------
>>
>> How can I get rid of this warning ? - I want apt-get to be completely
>> silent. I know that this could be dangerous - but in my case it is ok
>> given that it is me that control the repository and that I have tested
>> all the packages before putting them there.
>>
>> So to put it short how do I silence apt-get completely ?.
>
>
> Check the yes command.
>
> You probably want something like
>
> yes | apt-get upgrade -youroptionshere
>
> or
>
> yes N | apt-get upgrade -youroptionshere
>
> etc.
>
> Andro


apt-get has alread a switch just for that : apt-get -y upgrade . RTFM.