Ted Unangst wrote: > Since we have to roll our own because #1, may as well fix #2. I think > a better solution is something that runs weekly from shutdown. I hit > the power button, I walk away, and the next time I use it everything > is up to date. It never interrupts my work or slows down startup.
This needs some tweaking, because sometimes "shutdown" really means "I want this laptop to shutdown *now* so I can put it in the padded/insulated carrycase for <insert favorite mode of transport> without the laptop overheating." or even "I want this laptop to shutdown *now* so all encrypted filesystems are unmounted and inaccessable, and all memory contents safely decayed, before I go through $COUNTRY customs." To avoid this sort of problem, IMHO we need a way for a human to tell the software that "now is an ok time to do system maintainance stuff". Perhaps a new option to /sbin/shutdown? -- -- "Jonathan Thornburg [remove -animal to reply]" <jth...@astro.indiana-zebra.edu> Dept of Astronomy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA "If the triangles made a god, it would have three sides." -- Voltaire
