[clamav-users] ClamAV® blog: ClamAV 0.104.0 Release Candidate is here!

[Paul Kosinski]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:59:14 +0200
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:

> a bit OT, but I upgrade debian servers for years in a short steps, combining
> 
> "apt-get upgrade" so only safe packages are upgraded
> and manual upgrades a few at once via aptitude
> (so packages with complicated dependencies at the end, e.g. perl)
> 
> with configuration differences (updatedb; locate -e .dpkg- .ucf-) handled
> between those steps.
> 
> it takes a bit more time, but reduces outages.
> 
> Ubuntu can be handled similarly (however, even base ubuntu is uselessly
> bloated and has bit more complicated dependencies).

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The question is, would you be willing to use the method you outlined if one bad package upgrade could kill your Internet access?

(Until you restored from a backup, at least.)