On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 05:31:32PM +1100, Ivan Teliatnikov wrote: > What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian > sarge machines. > > I tired using > > apt-get update > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade > > Nevertheless I was asked some questions as follows: > > Configuration file `/etc/profile' > ==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation. > ==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version. > What would you like to do about it ?
If you're sure these are the only sort of question you'll get, which seems likely, then this should work: yes n | apt-get update DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade This is really dodgy though. There should be an option to configure this. I might look at it a bit more and write a patch or something. The package maintainer's new config file will still be saved (as /etc/foo.dpkg-new or something like that), so you can look for such files after an upgrade (with a script) and update the config files if necessary. You can manage configuration files for a whole network centrally using cfengine2. (I haven't used this package yet, but it sounds good.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]