On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 09:03 +0100, Rich Stanton wrote: > I want to use cron-apt to auto install updates overnight. I'm aware of > the reasons against doing this, and am prepared to live with the > consequences on this occasion. I assume I can just create a file in > /etc/cron-apt/action.d called 9-install & put the command 'dist-upgrade > -y' in there. However I don't necessarily want it to default to 'yes' > on every question - during a manual upgrade, if a config file has been > modified from the default, the default is to not overwrite it. I'd like > cron-apt to do the default in this case, which is 'no' (don't > overwrite). Will the -y action say yes, or will it do the default > action (no in this case)? If it says 'yes' how do I make it do the > default action? That would be "Trivial Only" Look that up in the man page for apt-get ( should be "--trivial-only") You will probably want to add "--allow-unauthenticated" -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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