On 1/11/06, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 ;) Not going to flame, but I am going to disagree. The vast vast vast majority of people (including myself) have no issues running the Yum update service. # chkconfig yum on # service yum start -- Chris "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."
