Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-23 Thread Wayne Topa
Sam Watkins([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:26:56AM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Sam Watkins([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > I just noticed there are some dpkg options that cause it not to ask > > > these questions. > > > > > > --force

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 10:26:56AM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Sam Watkins([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > 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,

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-23 Thread Wayne Topa
Sam Watkins([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:57:53AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: > > 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 --f

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-23 Thread Sam Watkins
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=noninterac

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Sam Watkins
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

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Alexander Schmehl wrote: * Ivan Teliatnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041220 07:31]: What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian sarge machines. Assuming you test it on one machine first, ... DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade Nevertheless I was asked som

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-20 Thread Juha Siltala
On 2004-12-20, Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could run it with=20 > yes | DEBIAN_FRONTEND=3Dnoninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade Actually it depends on the answer you want to give to this question (you might want to use yes to flood the "no" string). Using yes is not an

Re: Noninteractive "apt-get upgrade "question.

2004-12-19 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Ivan Teliatnikov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041220 07:31]: > What is the best way to "apt-get update" a classroom full of debian > sarge machines. Assuming you test it on one machine first, ... > DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -uy dist-upgrade > > Nevertheless I was asked some questions as