[qubes-users] Re: What is the state of automatic updates?
Why? I suggest having updates as automated as possible – for security reasons. It allows you to have all the latest security updates as soon as possible. Regards, Vít Šesták 'v6ak' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/ccae666f-b60b-4e0c-aec4-2cfda3d78e43%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: What is the state of automatic updates?
On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 5:39:09 AM UTC-5, Frank Beuth wrote: > The documentation is somewhat unclear: which updates can be or are automated, > and for which updates do users need to do manual checking? (and can this be > turned into a cron job?) > > I checked the qubes-users archive but found conflicting (probably out of > date) > information. >From a security point of view I would caution against automatic updates. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/5d7bda46-188f-4d3f-b82f-55b48577376b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Re: What is the state of automatic updates?
Bill Wether: On 2/20/19 7:30 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: Frank Beuth wrote on 2/20/19 10:39 AM: The documentation is somewhat unclear: which updates can be or are automated, and for which updates do users need to do manual checking? (and can this be turned into a cron job?) I checked the qubes-users archive but found conflicting (probably out of date) information. In 4.0, the update widget with the sun should check for updates for all components automatically. However, it won't apply them until you tell it to. It also won't work for HVMs running some OS Qubes doesn't know how to handle; for example, Windows or a Linux distribution without the Qubes tools installed. The widget is very convenient but has a few peculiarities at the moment: (1) it doesn't reset the "updates available for x qubes" in the tooltip; (2) it doesn't automatically select the templates needing upgrading, and (3) some things that fail get a green check mark, so I always have to look at the 'details' pane. I haven't seen (3) in the last several days, so it may be fixed, but iirc it was Fedora templates that couldn't find one or more of their repos. Sure is nicer than doing it manually though! Thanks. Then in answer to Frank, please check out some of the scripts under the OS-administration heading here: https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/tree/master/code. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a12e8aca-4edd-2651-3183-0376a1522154%40danwin1210.me. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Re: What is the state of automatic updates?
On 2/20/19 7:30 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote: Frank Beuth wrote on 2/20/19 10:39 AM: The documentation is somewhat unclear: which updates can be or are automated, and for which updates do users need to do manual checking? (and can this be turned into a cron job?) I checked the qubes-users archive but found conflicting (probably out of date) information. In 4.0, the update widget with the sun should check for updates for all components automatically. However, it won't apply them until you tell it to. It also won't work for HVMs running some OS Qubes doesn't know how to handle; for example, Windows or a Linux distribution without the Qubes tools installed. The widget is very convenient but has a few peculiarities at the moment: (1) it doesn't reset the "updates available for x qubes" in the tooltip; (2) it doesn't automatically select the templates needing upgrading, and (3) some things that fail get a green check mark, so I always have to look at the 'details' pane. I haven't seen (3) in the last several days, so it may be fixed, but iirc it was Fedora templates that couldn't find one or more of their repos. Sure is nicer than doing it manually though! Cheers BillW -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/0ef79da2-7287-3adb-7b79-00d8620b6243%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
