Guido Leisker wrote: > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 11:34 +0100, Arne Drechsler wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> is it a good idea to have yum run automatically every night ? Since it >>> also updates things like sql server and this sometimes causes trouble >>> I'm wondering wether it is a good idea. Anybody has good/bad experience >>> with it ? Are there solutions to have yum run savely and not touch any >>> running things or rewrite configs ? >> >> >> My experience is: No, this isn't a good idea. Neither yum, nor the >> repos, nor the rpm are in a shape to leave yum running unattended. >> >> /me ducks and waits for flames ;) >> >> Ralf >> >> > Isn't there the Problem, that you have to submit the updating of > packages? > Therefor you would have to run a script. > Or maybe there is a switch to tell yum not to ask. > But I'd think the question is not there for nothing. > > guido > yes with the '-y' switch yum assumes that you say yes to everything : yum -y update regards
