[Centos] auto update question

[Dag Wieers]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, xspace wrote:

> > i'm looking for a way to automaticaly update my centos 3.4 system so
> > that it will get security updates every 24 hours and automaticaly
> > install them.
>
> /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 yum on      

Do realize that this will update all repositories and that it may cause 
services to automatically stop working. Updates may have flaws, 3rd party 
updates more so than official ones.

For those that use my packages. I can not guarantee that released packages 
do not contain flaws. I only guarantee that if you report problems, they 
will get addressed. If you're concerned about this (and you should be) 
test toroughly yourself.

I'm looking into providing a better service and improve the quality by 
implementing some safeguards and allowing people to openly give feedback 
on packages (not only when there are problems!). If we can get a 
community-driven promotion system into work, a staging area for _all_ 
updates might be doable without spending (voluntary) resources.

Any help in designing such a system and improving the RPMforge service is 
welcome and very much required. I know it looks as if I'm a loner, but I 
have plenty hooks to hook into. (yes, this is figuratively speaking :)))


Summary: Do no automate the updating process unless you have verified 
things yourself. Especially in production environments.

Kind regards,
--   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
[all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]