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From: Snyder on 19 Jan 2010 14:16
I want system upgrades to run in the background as far as
possible; user interaction should only occur when it is really
necessary. I'd even rather not have an icon pop up in the status
bar: "updates are ready, want install?". No, the system should
just install the updates.

With current Ubuntu (i.e., 9.10) there is an option in the Update
Manager to have security updates installed without interaction.
But either most updates are not considered "security updates" in
this sense, or it does not work properly. It did install
something in the background and even I was suddenly asked whether
to reboot now or later, in order to have updates take effect.
However, when I opened the Update Manager soon after, it gave me
a huge list of still outstanding updates.

I know that one can put a sequence of "apt-get ..." statements in
a shell script and have it executed from Cron. But I am not sure
whether this is the best way to go. Especially, I am worried what
will happen in the rare event that user interaction is in fact
required.

Is there a way to get what I want with Ubuntu? If not, I don't
have to stick to Ubuntu; any recommendation for a different
distribution is welcome.
From: John Hasler on 19 Jan 2010 15:43
"Snyder" writes:
> With current Ubuntu (i.e., 9.10) there is an option in the Update
> Manager to have security updates installed without interaction. But
> either most updates are not considered "security updates" in this
> sense...

No, of course not.

> Is there a way to get what I want with Ubuntu?

Install cron-apt and configure it for automatic upgrades. Not a good
idea, but it's your computer.
--
John Hasler
jhasler(a)newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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