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Post #100,693 by drewk 5/7/03 7:56:13 AM Reply	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? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #100,713 by kmself 5/7/03 10:24:33 AM Reply	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 --\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
Post #100,718 by drewk 5/7/03 10:43:37 AM Reply	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? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #100,728 by kmself 5/7/03 11:17:16 AM 5/7/03 12:02:40 PM Reply	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 Expand All History
Post #100,731 by drewk 5/7/03 11:19:55 AM 5/7/03 11:22:33 AM Reply	Thanks, that's what I needed ... uhh, question Did you mean `apt-get upgrade`? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001. Edited by drewk May 7, 2003, 11:22:33 AM EDT Expand All History

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Speaking of which ... - (drewk) - (4) - May 7, 2003, 07:56:13 AM EDT

Well-formed scripts - (kmself) - (3) - May 7, 2003, 10:24:33 AM EDT

I was missing the first-line magic - (drewk) - (2) - May 7, 2003, 10:43:37 AM EDT

apt-get options - (kmself) - (1) - May 7, 2003, 12:02:40 PM EDT

Thanks, that's what I needed ... uhh, question - (drewk) - May 7, 2003, 11:22:33 AM EDT

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