On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 09:49:03PM -0500, Neil Roeth wrote: > On Nov 18, Zenaan Harkness ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > apt-get update && apt-get -dy dist-upgrade > > and then use "apt-get dist-upgrade" interactively. I do the download in the > cron job so I do not have to wait for all the packages to download when I do > the interactive dist-upgrade. This is especially useful on my laptop, which I > often dist-upgrade while disconnected from any network. I also have > apt-listchanges installed so that I see what changes are being applied during > the dist-upgrade.
We do something similar on all of our servers and wrote a very simple little cronjob for it and have packaged it. Package is apticron and is available from http://apt.heanet.ie -- Colin Whittaker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
