On Fri May 30 2008 10:20:51 Russ Allbery wrote: > Mike Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > All packages on live servers and workstations are installed with "dpkg > > -i" to ensure we're using a tested combination. We could manually copy > > the package lists or "apt-get install foo=x.y.z" but "dpkg -i" is more > > convenient. > > Whatever works for you. :) We use aptitude for everything in production > and update the package lists nightly as part of our jobs to report which > packages are out of date, and have never had any problems with that. > > I'd personally consider your method to be a poor time versus risk > tradeoff, but you may value your time lower and your risk higher than I > do.
There's a bunch of scripts which avoid much labor time. The main downside is the longer elapsed time to roll out Debian security updates, although we could always use apt-get if a particular situation warranted. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
