[Gllug] VACANCY: Linux Technical Consultant / Architect requi red

[Paul Cupis]

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On Friday 27 September 2002 09:05, Tethys wrote:
> >To patch Debian for the latest security patches you just type:- apt-get
> >dist-upgrade.
>
> See up2date(8). Not that I think either are wise for a corporate
> environment. I *only* want security updates, I don't want the rest
> of the fluff that may have changed since I installed the OS. Who
> knows what side effects updating everything will have? Furthermore,
> I don't want *anything* installed automatically. I want it downloaded,
> and to be presented with a set of release notes, so I can see what's
> changed, what's been fixed, and determine if it's appropriate for
> the systems in question.

Install cron-apt and apt-listchanges, and set your sources.list or your 
apt_preferences to keep you at the required Debian release.

Now, updates will be downloaded ready for install, and you will get shown the 
appropriate changelog entries before installing the packages/upgrades.

Paul Cupis
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paul at cupis.co.uk

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