From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DQliJ-0004fS-00 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:32:23 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3RCWLR2016266 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:32:21 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j3RCWLBh016265 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:32:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:32:21 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050427123221.GE8405@rednote.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.10-1.770_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: yum update X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:32:24 -0000 Actually, on Fedora, you do not write a script--because it's already provided. service yum start will turn on nightly updates. chkconfig --level 35 yum on will enable nightly updates across booted sessions. Dawes, Stephen writes: > There are a lot of factors in play. > 1. the band width of the machine receiving the rpms. > 2. the band width of the yum repository you have connected to. > 3. the number of packages that need upgrading. > 4. the fact that you are doing an upgrade and not an update. > 5. the current load on the machine being upgraded. > > So, why not cancel the job, and schedule it to run over night. > > You can use cron to check and apply updates daily weekly monthely ... > Al you need to do is put the command > Yum -y update > In a script and put into the cron directory of your choice. > > The script would look like > > #!/bin/bash > yum -y update > > > Steve Dawes > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > Email: SDawes@calgary.ca > > > > > NOTICE - > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.