[SGVLUG] RPM hell -- why not just change to debian?

Dustin laurence at alice.caltech.edu
Tue Nov 22 23:48:34 PST 2005


On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> The one thing Debian is missing for me is one command to turn on 
> auto-update.

Isn't that a two-line script in a cron job?

The idea of doing automatic updates gives me the willies, though.  I don't
trust *anybody* that much, not even Debian, on a box I need.  I'm not
willing to see the toolchain or some other vital part upgrade without me
deciding when it's going to happen.

Dustin



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