Losing ssh connection during apt upgrade

[Robbi Nespu]

On 29/1/2021 1:25 pm, Colin Law wrote:
> 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
> 

Does it out of normal.. and we should expecting less than 100% your 
command will work, since "apt upgrade" and "apt full-upgrade" may ask 
you something to confirm yes/no/abort something during the process.

I have experience do this thing and it broke my remote system. As I 
learning from experience, I use "screen" as suggested by Karl Auer 
previously. So I can continue my session if unexpected loses connection 
happen or I going to leave my work and plan to resume later.


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