On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 21:00, Asura wrote: > > > > Why in back ground. APT system run by dselect > > > > Pet peeve: apt has nothing to do with the questions that are asked while > > upgrading packages. > > > > > asks question unless you set "debconf" to assume yes to all etc. > > > > Even then you'll have to pass dpkg special options to force what it does > > with conffile changes. > > > > Completely unattended upgrades are a worthwhile goal, but they aren't > > possible in the general case yet. > > > > I am interested in this because if I'm at home, and telnet to my linux > which is at work, I'd like to tell it to upgrade remotely without having > to stay online for hours while it downloads and installs the updates. > > In this case, I'd like it to download the gnome desktop packages and it'd > be ready when I come back into work on Monday. Otherwise, I'd either have > to stay onthe phone, or wait until I get to work--in either case, its a > loss of productive time for me. >
If I understand correctly, what might work for you is a three step process I have used occasionally. First, ssh in and select the packages you wish with dselect. Exit dselect. Second, use apt-get dselect-upgrade in download only mode (apt-get dselect-upgrade -d). At this point, you can hang up and go play, while your work machine downloads the packages. Third, Sunday night sometime, ssh in again, and run dselect. Go straight to install, and since the packages are already downloaded and will be installed from your cache, only a few minutes effort will complete the installation. I hope this is what you're looking for. -- first impressions are bunk (unknown)
