Losing ssh connection during apt upgrade

[Colin Law]

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 at 12:31, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2021-01-29 at 12:21 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> > I have a remote system which is connected via wifi.  To upgrade
> > packages I use ssh and
> > sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt full-upgrade
> > If the wifi drops out in the middle of the upgrade is there a danger
> > that the system will be trashed?
>
> Not much, but you can reduce it to zero by using the "screen" utility.

Yes, thanks, I know about screen.  What I am interested in knowing,
though, is whether there is any significant likelihood of catastrophe
if I am not using it.

Colin