How well does dnf-automatic work? I often rebuild workstations through pxe and kickstart so a bad update is not an issue.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:36 PM fred roller <fredrolle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I whole hardheartedly agree with Rick on this point. That being said, > yes, put the script in the shutdown sequence. Inject it either first or > where ever makes the most since. It has been awhile since I messed with > this but I think you need to research manipulation of the rc.local > directory files. Hope it helps, just a pointer for you to look into. > > regards, > -- Fred > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 10:39 AM Rick Stevens <ri...@alldigital.com> > wrote: > >> On 9/19/18 10:24 AM, Louis Garcia wrote: >> > Is there a way to have fedora workstation to update on shutdown? When a >> > user logs off or shutdown there box I would like fedora to pkcon update >> > -y or dnf upgrade -y. I thought about creating a systemd unit file to do >> > this but would that conflict with offline update? >> >> I'm sure you could do something like that, but I'm absolutely not in >> favor of unsupervised updates. There are times where updates can result >> in an unbootable system or various other issues. Error messages would >> not be visible during the upgrade, conflicts with packages from other >> sources might be missed, many other things might end up with a system >> that, even if it works, might behave rather differently than the system >> you shut down before. >> >> You only have to look at the number of "bricked" Winblows system >> upgrades that have occurred in the past using this scheme. No, >> unsupervised or unobserved updates are a bad idea IMHO. I never use "-y" >> with dnf or pkcon or yum. I look at the proposed upgrades before I ever >> approve them--and there are MANY times I've rerun the command with an >> "--exclude=" so specific packages do NOT get upgraded. >> >> You might disagree with much he did, but as Reagan said, "Trust, but >> verify!" >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ri...@alldigital.com - >> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - >> - - >> - When all else fails, try reading the instructions. - >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >> Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> List Archives: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >> > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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