iB::Topic::Automatic Update

	Damn Small Linux :: Damn Small Linux Board The DSL Forums

» Welcome Guest
[ Log In :: Register ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Ideas and Suggestions » Automatic Update

		Mini-ITX Boards Sale, Fanless BareBones Mini-ITX, Bootable 1G DSL USBs, 533MHz Fanless PC <-- SALE $200 each!
		Get The Official Damn Small Linux Book. DSL Market , Great VPS hosting provided by Tektonic

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Topic: Automatic Update, Update DSL automatically

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

Juanito

Group: Members
Posts: 1601
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: July 24 2006,05:00

I suggest that an "automatic update" feature is added to DSL.

This could take the form of a menu item or icon that when selected would check if there is a later version of DSL - if so, updated files would be downloaded and the DSL version updated whilst keeping the original settings.

Caspar_s

Group: Members
Posts: 105
Joined: Jan. 2005

Posted: July 24 2006,20:54

There are too many installation types for this to work reliably I think. In the startup dillo screen is there a link to the dsl site? I am sure there is - so every time you boot it, you can use that screen to check the version dsl is on (man they seem to fly by)

As for upgrading - if you are using a frugal install, it is simply a matter of copying the knoppix file over.

Juanito

Group: Members
Posts: 1601
Joined: Sep. 2005

Posted: July 25 2006,04:24

Well there's more to it than just the Knoppix file - any old version files in backup.tar.gz will overwrite the new version files on the first restore, etc etc.

I was thinking something along the lines of "apt-get update" would be useful but I guess maybe not.

2 replies since July 24 2006,05:00

< Next Oldest | Next Newest >

[ Track this topic :: Email this topic :: Print this topic ]

Damn Small Linux Board » Damn Small Linux » DSL Ideas and Suggestions » Automatic Update