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it's a tradeoff between fear that an update will break it and fear that a adversary will break it. highly depends on the circumstances if/when auto-updates mak
by sulandor 2y ago
it's a tradeoff between fear that an update will break it and fear that a adversary will break it.
highly depends on the circumstances if/when auto-updates make sense, but once you have seen uptime in the decades range, most don't want to go back to ephemeral systems.
- karmarepellent 2y agoI have never seen a Debian system break due to auto-updates when they only subscribe to the common main, contrib and even non-free Debian repositories. They are incredibly stable and robust. However one might want to use apt preferences/version pinning if they also use external non-debian repositories to e.g. install a newer version of PHP. Since some repositories keep different major versions in the same repository, an auto-update might otherwise install a version that causes an application to break. That being said, most systems can probably get away with auto-updates and a little apt preference configuration and call it a day.
- DA87E80D629 2y agoI never had a debian installation break from automated security updates.
- DA87E80D629 2y agoYou should never have auto updates on a production server but for home servers and desktops they are vital.
- sulandor 2y agosomewhere the line got blurry