5 Mar
2024
5 Mar
'24
7:19 p.m.
Gianluca Interlandi composed on 2024-03-05 10:49 (UTC-0800):
What I wonder about Tumbleweed is the following. What
happens if you do
not update the system for a while. Let's say you had the system sit for 2
years but for whatever reason you never did updates. But now you need to
install a new package that you did not install when you performed the
installation. Are you required now to bring the system up to date before
you install the new package?
Only to the extent that the new package depends on other packages that have since
been updated, and any others those depend upon. That said, not keeping up-to-date
means zero security fixes.
I have roughly 40 TW installations. I try to keep them from going more than 6
months without full upgrading. Most I do at ad hoc intervals between 2 weeks and 2
months.
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