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m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Alessandro Baggi wrote:
Hi list, I know that there are automatic update with yum-cron but never tried. In my experiences I never did automatic backup because if update was broken my installation will be broken and I wait some time before apply update. Today seems to be that automatic update are used more than before. What do you think about automatic update? It is a good practice on a server? What is your experiences?
- Under *NO* *CIRCUMSTANCES* would I *ever* have that running on a production machine. That's what test boxes are for.
- If it was my own machine at home, thanks, but I want to wake up, or come home, to a guaranteed working system. I'll update, so
I can always undo.
3. Systems like backup servers, etc, sure. They're not critical. 4. We don't do it on users' systems unless we're *sure* that it won't break something.
Finally, on systems where there is a concern that something might break, like video drivers, we put excludes in /etc/yum.conf, and disable them under controlled conditions (i.e., one of us is sitting there doing it.)
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