On 18.01.2011 06:08, Joey Hess wrote: > Michael Biebl wrote: >> Also; You said, the hook breaks suspend/hibernate. I don't agree this is the >> case. If there is no upgrade running, the hook will exit immediately. >> If there is an upgrade running, the hook simply blocks until the upgrade has >> finished. Suspend/Hibernate is still not 100% reliable, so this is probably a >> safe choice. > > ... unless the system is being suspended because it is critically low on > battery, and is going to crash and lose the user's work and need a fsck > otherwise. > > Suspend may not be 100% reliable on all hardware or in all > circumstances, but that is not a good excuse to make it significantly > less reliable, really.
Sure, as already said, it is a trade-off. Starting an upgrade when the system is on (low) battery is certainly not a good idea. I don't know how unattended-upgrades works, but it could skip the upgrade if the system is running on batteries. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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