Upgrade addict?

[Raoul_Duke]

Ok, i've tried to resist it but i've become an upgrade addict......maybe it's because i get bored if i don't have a 'problem' to research and solve......maybe i like having the latest software features regardless of any bugs/glitches.......or maybe it's something else.

I just find myself checking for updates on a daily basis :eek: :D

How about everyone else?

[Beavbo]

Oh so true. Man's incessant need to create more problems for himself :rolleyes:

[gleather]

Freshmeat has a very cool option whereby you subscribe to the projects that interest you. Then they email you when there is an update. You can even choose to follow only certain branches (devel vs stable). Very cool.

[AlexPlank]

I update, but redhat9 doesnt usually have daily updates. Is there any program i can do crontab with so i can update to newest RPMs for all my progs daily?

I dont want to change distributions though.

[Hayl]

i don't think there is a way of doing that with Red Hat.

you could use apt-for-rpm but that would only update the packages that you get by RPM, not the Red Hat Update ones.

i do it automagically with "apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade" in a cron job on my Debian server. i don't automagially do it on my Gentoo workstation, i like to do it manually (emerge -pU world)

[Icarus]

Originally posted by AlexPlank
I update, but redhat9 doesnt usually have daily updates. Is there any program i can do crontab with so i can update to newest RPMs for all my progs daily?

I dont want to change distributions though. If you subscribe to up2date it can run in the background as a service and update when an update is available.

Using apt-get you can make a cron script to run hourly or so like...
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

add some options to that so it will automaticly answer yes on the large packages...

I personally like to know what is being upgraded and when so I have an idea of what broke what :)

[steve301]

Everyday, but since I put suse8.2 on the system its got suse update checker that you can configure to check and download updates when you like, got mine to go off at midnight while I am either sleeping or doing something on the other boxes.

[Raoul_Duke]

Glad to see i'm not the only who gets upset when there's nothing to upgrade of an evening :p

[Arcane_Disciple]

I usually update my laptop at my g/f's apartment while waiting for my ride home. Keeps me busy and out of trouble.