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Re: yum-cron problem on 7.x
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:37:53 -0700
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On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 10:20:13PM -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> >
> > Use the much better yum-autoupdate from CERN instead:
> > http://www.triumf.info/wiki/DAQwiki/index.php/SLinstall#Enable_automatic_system_updates_.28CentOS7.29
> 
> Sorry, but that thing is a complex nightmare.
>


Excuse me? Complex nightmare? What?

It is just a cron job script that runs "yum update" and emails you the result (with email subject
saying the machine name and success/failure status). You can write replacement in 5 minutes.

To use it or not is a choice. Nothing wrong with the tool itself.


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Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
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