Re: Automated updates of packages requiring --interactive

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Markus Gaugusch wrote:

> On Mar 3, Christoph Thiel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > Before I implement this myself...
> > 
> > ... you don't have to!
> > 
> > > What does other people with _many_ machines do to update kernel
> > > packages
> > > (in particular) automatically without going through the interactive
> > > dialogue?  The Auto= option didn't help, and ping from echo/file
> > > isn't
> > > very elegant.
> > 
> > Have a look at /etc/fou4s.conf:
> > 
> > # Interactive mode (default: off)
> > Interactive=1
> No, but I'd recommend
> 
> #  If AcceptPreinstallInfo is set to true, interactive mode is no longer
> #  required
> #  for updates with Preinstall-Info. Please note that Preinstall
> #  information is
> #  mostly used for license agreements which must be accepted by the user
> #  prior to installation. IT MAY BE ILLEGAL TO USE THIS OPTION!
> # AcceptPreinstallInfo=1

Thanks, Marcus and Christoph.  It's been quite a while since I set
up my fou4s.conf, and that didn't have all the fancy new options
commented in.  That'll teach me to look in the newer files.

Bjørn
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