Re: distributing package updates

2004-11-03 Thread Henning Glawe
On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 07:35:29PM -0500, John Paul Lorenti wrote: What happens to questions that need answering, though, such as whether to update a conf file and such? update a conffile is handled normally by dpkg, not apt. (There now seem to be a few packages (tetex being one of them)

Re: distributing package updates

2004-11-02 Thread Thomas Lange
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:24:34 -0400, John Paul Lorenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: How do those of you that installed a sizable number of Debian boxes manage your package updates? I'm trying to figure out how to get around apt-get needing you to sit there and answer the same

Re: distributing package updates

2004-11-02 Thread John Paul Lorenti
What happens to questions that need answering, though, such as whether to update a conf file and such? I know apt remembers previous answers and can be setup to not ask again, but you may need to change your answers or answer questions for new packages. It would be great to be able to answer

Re: distributing package updates

2004-10-27 Thread Holger Schurig
How do those of you that installed a sizable number of Debian boxes manage your package updates? I'm trying to figure out how to get around apt-get needing you to sit there and answer the same questions for each package on each box in a group of identically configured machines. I'm not

distributing package updates

2004-10-26 Thread John Paul Lorenti
This is a What happens after FAI? question. I hope you don't find it too off topic. How do those of you that installed a sizable number of Debian boxes manage your package updates? I'm trying to figure out how to get around apt-get needing you to sit there and answer the same questions