[K12OSN] anyone doing automated yum updates?

[Petre Scheie]

I have scripts that check every night for updates, but I install them manuall via yum. 
I want to know what is changing before it happens.  Having automatic updates just seems 
too unpredictable for comfort.  A year or two ago, I think it was David Trask who made 
the argument, rather convincingly I thought, that once the school years starts, if your 
system is stable, doesn't have problems, and not directly connected to the internet 
(where security issues are greater), then updates should not be done unless something 
breaks and warrants an update.  This approach applies only to schools who presumably 
will have a chance to fully update/upgrade over the summer once the school year ends. 
But if it's not broken, it may be best not to try to fix it.

Petre

David Whitmer wrote:
> Hi!
>  
> We currently have 4 K12LTSP v5 systems right now at our K12 school.  I'm thinking of setting them up to automatically yum update themselves (I've been doing it manually about once a week).  In case it matters, one of these is our school's LDAP PDC, and another is an LDAP BDC.
>  
> Are any of you doing automated yum updates on your K12LTSP servers?  If you are:
>  
> a) How often does your automated process run? (daily, weekly, etc)
>  
> b) If you followed Fedora's instructions in their online documentation (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/en/sn-updating-your-system.html), did those directions work well?
>  
> c) Are there any "gotchas" I should watch out for?
> (for example, I think a while ago someone on the list mentioning that he has yum exclude kernel updates when running automatically)
>  
> Thanks in advance!
>  
> David Whitmer
> Calvary Schools of Holland, Michigan
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