Hi, On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 02:15:44AM +0100, Robert Scheck wrote: > On Mon, 09 Jan 2023, Gert Doering wrote: > > So don't do OS updates. But *do* update the probe software, automatically, > > and in normal intervals. > > writing while wearing my hat as a RPM packager: I'm not really sure how > this shall work practically: If the probe software is run on regular (non- > hardware probe) systems, there are runtime dependencies to other software, > e.g. due to dynamic linking. Latter is encouraged by Linux distributions, [..]
This is all good and true - so, do not distribute as RPM.
Distribute as Docker image, or Flatpack, or whatever all these new
"encapsulate a program and all its dependencies" approaches are called,
and I'm sure some of them have mechanisms to enforce timely updates.
First and foremost, a RIPE Atlas probe is a centrally managed piece of
software, and this is what it needs to be: centrally managed, centrally
upgraded, always at the upgrade level the central controller wants it
to be.
Gert Doering
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