vulnerability of Linux

[Mike McCarty]

Steffen Kluge wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 14:13 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
>>Respectfully, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. I update
>>my system about once a month.
> 
> 
> Why is it safer to update 10 packages once a month than 0.33 packages
> every day?
> 
> Cheers
> Steffen.
> 
> 

Because packages sometimes get retracted. I like to let them
soak for a while before installation. And I don't install 10
a month. Usually, only two or three get updated. Also, when
I update, I *look* at what is being updated, and I don't always
accept everything there. The poster recommending this was
saying he updates *multiple* times per day. That sounds like
(presumption here) a cron job. Automated. I take *time*
when I update. I don't/can't take the time really to look at
what is getting changed several times a day.

Mike
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