On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 10:38 -0600, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > 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. It's only a matter of time until you will be hit by bugs. For example, you are likely to trip over these: * http://bugzilla.livna.org/show_bug.cgi?id=725 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=169214 And if not these, you are very likely to be hit by inconsistent repositories some time some where - Most likely, packages containing shared libraries having changed SONAMEs. > The vast vast vast > majority of people (including myself) have no issues running the Yum > update service. If I were you, I'd very carefully examine my logs. I could bet you will find several updates having failed for different reasons. Ralf
