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

[Mike Fedyk]

Dustin wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Mike Fedyk wrote:
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>>The one thing Debian is missing for me is one command to turn on 
>>auto-update.
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>Isn't that a two-line script in a cron job?
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>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.
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Only run testing or unstable on systems you manage often.

Or if you have several machines that need to be in the same state, then 
have your own staging repository where packages go after being tested on 
non-production machines.

Auto-update is not the problem.