Re: Constant up dates, repeated reboots

We use cron-apt configured to apply security updates overnight, and notify
only for other package updates.

Seems odd that you're getting asked to reboot though - What packages are
triggering that?
On 13 Jul 2014 14:35, "Thomi Richards" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 13 July 2014 10:57, Worik Stanton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It seems to me that there is "boy cries wolf" problem here, where very
>> minor issues are put into the same channel as important issues.
>>
>
>
> If you're running an LTS (like trusty, or precise before it), then I
> believe (I'd need to look this up to be 100% sure) that we only do
> non-security updates into the 'backports' repository. Generally speaking,
> it's reasonably difficult to release a package to an LTS after it's been
> released, so there's usually a good reason for it - either it's something
> that a lot of people are asking for, or it's a security update, or perhaps
> a bugfix release to solve problems people have raised since the LTS
> release. None of that helps you, f course.
>
> One thing you might try is to set up a cron job to automatically download
> (and perhaps automatically install) security updates, so the notifications
> don't bother you. In some cases (kernel drivers, init scripts, system
> daemons) you'll still need to reboot in order to get the added security,
> but it might reduce the annoyance in the meantime.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Thomi Richards
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