On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 03:33, Colin Whittaker wrote: > 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
Sounds cool. Possibly not for "stable distro" servers, but possibly a useful addition for "dev environment" workstations/ servers, for the new "Enterprise Debian" subproject I'm now thinking about. cheers zen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
