On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:57:53AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > 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
I just noticed there are some dpkg options that cause it not to ask these questions. --force-confold and --force-confnew I wouldn't use --force-confnew, but --force-confold looks good. One could then merge the config files as a separate task, like gentoo's dispatch-conf, as the new config files would be available as /etc/foo.dpkg-new or /etc/foo.dpkg-dist or something. You can apparently set this option permanently in /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg by adding a line: force-confold this is certainly an improvement on my last suggestion, if it works! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
