Full upgrade request from Ubuntu updater

Chris Green cl at isbd.net
Fri Feb 19 13:42:28 UTC 2021


On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 01:44:28PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 at 11:04, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> > I have two always on RasPis, the desktop is always on (it's my mail
> > server) and I have a VPS out on the public internet that's always on
> > too.
> >
> > My script contacts them all, plus my laptop, plus a Beaglebone Black
> > on a boat in France.  Those last two aren't always on, in which case
> > it just skips on the the next.
> 
> OK. I have just the one and it's a dedicated NAS.
> 
> I have to ask, if only from curiosity: why not use the built-in
> `unattended-upgrades` function? I do. Mine emails me to tell me when
> it's upgraded something, restarts services if necessary on its own,
> and only tells me if I need to log in and manually reboot...
> 
I just like to see what's happening when it's happening. :-)

I have had upgrades that have broken things and, if I have requested
the upgrade myself, I can at least then link the problem with the
upgrade.

-- 
Chris Green




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