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Wouldn't you test before upgrading packages in production? And usually you'd want to schedule any upgrades so that the next day or two has coverage from someone
by ziml77 4y ago
Wouldn't you test before upgrading packages in production? And usually you'd want to schedule any upgrades so that the next day or two has coverage from someone who can deal with any issues that arise.
- 0x0 4y agoWhat if a cron.monthly or cron.weekly script calls egrep? Congrats now you get a lot of noise from cron stderr emails in the distant future.
- bad416f1f5a2 4y agoI have yet to work at a place that didn’t have systems running mission-critical shell scripts with little to no SDLC on boxes that got periodic “yum update -y”s. There seems to be a difference in oversight of software we write & “the operating system”. Should we do better? Absolutely! Will this burn people if vendors don’t take care? Also absolutely!