Post #100,479
5/5/03 11:56:20 PM
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Re: I don't upgrade workstations
[link|http://www.debian.org/|Barry, Barry, Barry, get with the program.]
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Post #100,499
5/6/03 8:04:40 AM
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But... bbbbut.... BUUTTTT
It's not supported...
:)
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Post #100,632
5/6/03 6:52:06 PM
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Hehe
Personal home workstation Greg. Do anything I please, as lazily as I please.
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Post #100,635
5/6/03 7:25:57 PM
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Thanks
Downloading via jigdo right now.
As usual, Greg attempts to make fun while you help.
Jigdo is amazing. I didn't know my cable modem was this fast.
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Post #100,641
5/6/03 7:54:21 PM
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I'd send you a set of Disks...
But you'd just claim I was poking fun at you.
I have given out a ton.
Debian allows you to Upgrade/update incrementally as a scheduled task iffn you want. Once Debian is installed, providing it can see a Network Interface properly and/or a CD-ROM Drive, you'll never have to re-install it. That is unless you want a faster machine or run out of space.
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Post #100,643
5/6/03 8:50:37 PM
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I believe you
I've seen you do it for many.
But no point. Cable modem is very fast. I should have it all in about 60 minutes.
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Post #100,663
5/7/03 12:10:54 AM
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Jigdo
Indeed. Rocks. \r\n\r\n Let us know how it goes. \r\n\r\n If you need support (or jeers), point your Jabber client at iwethey.org and join group chat ziwt. \r\n\r\n We're teaching Yendor how to count to two as I speak. He's making definite progress.
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Post #100,693
5/7/03 7:56:13 AM
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Speaking of which ...
Debian allows you to Upgrade/update incrementally as a scheduled task iffn you want. I tried to set this up and obviously missed something. Here's what I put in /etc/cron.daily/apt: apt-get update apt-get upgrade -d
And here's the mail I get in the morning: /etc/cron.daily/apt: run-parts: failed to exec /etc/cron.daily/apt: Exec format error run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/apt exited with return code 1 Can you tell I don't do shell scripts for a living? So what's the simple answer I don't know?
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Post #100,713
5/7/03 10:24:33 AM
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Well-formed scripts
Your shell scripts must: \r\n \r\n- Be executable: chmod +x /etc/cron.daily/apt
\r\n- Be scripts. Add a first line majick of #!/bin/sh
\r\n- If you want that update to run, you have to approve it: echo y | apt-get -d dist-upgrade. I'd add a '-u' switch for good measure to show what updated. You can also set this (somehow) in your apt preferences, check with
chins Greg for this. \r\n
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Post #100,718
5/7/03 10:43:37 AM
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I was missing the first-line magic
As for the apt options, I know that I want the script to download the updates but not install them. How do I tell it to download only, then how do I review what's going to be updated, then how do I tell it to install (or not) the stuff that's already been downloaded?
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Post #100,728
5/7/03 11:17:16 AM
5/7/03 12:02:40 PM
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apt-get options
The '-d' switch is 'download only'. To confirm, manually run 'apt-get dist-upgrade -s -u' (show only, show updated) to see what's going to run. Then 'apt-get dist-upgrade -u' to actually commit the changes. \r\n\r\n If you want to skip installing a package, put it on hold: echo 'packagename hold' | dpkg --set-selections will do this (or pass a file, or a 'here' document, or...). \r\n\r\n Edit: yes, I meant "dist-upgrade", not "update" (above, fixed, twice)
--\r\n Karsten M. Self [link|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n
Edited by kmself
May 7, 2003, 11:54:23 AM EDT
Edited by kmself
May 7, 2003, 12:02:40 PM EDT
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Post #100,731
5/7/03 11:19:55 AM
5/7/03 11:22:33 AM
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Thanks, that's what I needed ... uhh, question
Did you mean apt-get upgrade?
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Edited by drewk
May 7, 2003, 11:22:33 AM EDT
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