thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i want to run the above as a cron job (like many do i guess). but >sometimes apt-get asks me if i want to replace the configuration files, >and i always answer N. but the only option with apt-get is -y, which >will probably (i havent tried it out) replace the my config files with >the default ones. what can i do ?
You could add the option '-o DPkg::Options=--force-confdef', or something similar. Beware, this is flagged as "can seriously damage your installation" in 'dpkg --force-help'. Some people run apt with --download-only as a cron job, and then do the actual upgrade interactively. Debian is just not guaranteed to upgrade non-interactively yet, so you'll probably get bitten by something if you try. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
