<div dir="ltr"><div>this is _why_ CentOS and RHEL exist. Upstream code upgrades don't always mix well with existing users' running applications. <br><br></div>And this is why there's some REALLY old crap out there running redhat9 (or 5.2!) 'cause the application has never been updated. ever. before Linux security testing really began in earnest.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Erik Mathis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erik@mathists.com" target="_blank">erik@mathists.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>We are moving from arch to centos here my current job.<br><br></div>arch has a habit of "upgrading" key components and making your box UN-bootable.<br>
<br></div>I would HIGHLY suggest that you run the update by hand and reboot. You can put the pacman bits in rc.local... but I warned you :)<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<div><br><br></div><div> -Erik-<br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com" target="_blank">savithari@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Friends:<div><br></div><div>My dev env is archlinux inside virtualbox. I chose arch after coming from ubuntu.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Since arch is a rolling update OS, the upgrades/updates are minimal risk and apparently a natural progression from ubuntu.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The issue I face is to run packman -Syu on Thu nights when I am not around.</div><div><br></div><div>I use vboxmanage on Windoze to clone the vm.<br></div><div><br></div><div>
What I would like to do after above step is to </div><div><br></div><div>start vm (this can be done with vboxmanage)</div><div>==> run pacman as root as soon as vm starts so I can auto update the OS <==</div>
<div><br></div><div>The above step is what I am looking for a solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly help.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-Narahari</div></font></span></div>
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