On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:19:29AM -0500, Michael Kahle wrote: > Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote: > > I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do > > it; there are lots of ways it can break. > > I have heard this mentioned before. Could you elaborate? Why is this a > problem? Please excuse my inexperience here.
Upgrades require interaction from time to time, such as conffile merges. Even with packages that use debconf, the defaults you get with the noninteractive frontend aren't always what you want. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]