Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 01:47:22PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 > Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > > get upgraded. > > ... > > > Is there something more elegant? > > As Dan Ritter already m

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > get upgraded. ... > Is there something more elegant? As Dan Ritter already mentioned, you can configure a failover DHCP server, usually a good idea anyway. Why a

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Joe
On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 10:46:06 -0500 Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings! > > Scenario: > > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home > network. > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages > get upgraded. > Not offering an answer, but if you're

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 10:46:06AM -0500, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > Greetings! > > Scenario: > > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. > > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get > upgraded. > > The upgrade starts with shutting

Re: minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. I have a Stable mini-ITX "desktop" computer that acts as a router for my home network. > If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get > upgraded. I use apticron to auto

minimize daemon downtime for apt upgrade

2021-04-08 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
Greetings! Scenario: I have a Sid desktop computer that acts as a router for my home network. If I wait for a few months to perform an "apt upgrade", many packages get upgraded. The upgrade starts with shutting down isc-dhcp-server (in order to upgrade it), then starts to upgrade all the packag