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Update often or not? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by superkret@feddit.de to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

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Do you update your Arch often (daily) or not?
Which would be better?

I figure, if I update every day, I'll likely not expect any issues, so I'd be less careful. And if something goes wrong (cause I didn't read the news or the PKGBUILDs), I probably won't have time to fix it right now.
Whereas if I update monthly, it's something I'm taking my time to do, read the news beforehand, pay more attention and will have scheduled some time for it.

What's your take?

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[–] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think as long as you're paying attention to the pacman logs and resolving your .pacnew's, you'll be okay. I've had HTPC systems that I haven't upgraded in over a year be absolutely fine. Sure it required some minor manual fixes, but none of them surprised me because pacman told me about them or Arch news had a bulletin about it.

I actually have a small Intel NUC paired with a touchscreen monitor that I basically use as a extremely large tablet for my disabled sister to use and I only update that every time I come home (every 3 months or so). It has been upgrading flawlessly for over 2 years.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

You've given me hope for my MythTV box.

It hasn't been upgraded for over a year, so with ~700 updates totalling ~1GB, I was toying whether a total rebuild would be necessary... obviously a backup beforehand, but maybe doable then...

My laptop is updated almost daily, but some other devices maybe monthly...