These are mostly security updates that it pulls in. Set a schedule based on your wants and needs.
Some people do weekly. Others monthly. In some cases users will check for updates and make a decision to update based on their use case. There is no right or wrong way. To get a sense of how often Slackware pushes out security updates, and the importance of these updates, check the changelog http://www.slackware.com/changelog/stable.php?cpu=x86_64 On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 5:56 PM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/29/18 5:23 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > Nice! most people write little shell scripts to run the update commands. > > > > I suggest a small shell script to help you remember. Something along the > > lines of the following works really well: > > > > < ---- cut here ----> > > #!/bin/sh > > > > slackpkg update > > slackpkg upgrade-all > > cp /boot/vmlinuz-huge /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/vmlinuz > > > > < ---- cut here ----> > > > > Copy the above text into a file named "get-updates.sh" and run > > $ sh get-updates.sh > > > > The moment you finish working through one command, it will go to the next > > automatically. No remembering required. > > Well, there are two things to remember. One is that I need to do > updates, and the other is to use the script. :-) > > Maybe I'll print out the note to remind me to do that. > > Is there a recommended frequency, or some kind of email notification I > should sign up for? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
