Re: PSA: Do not run 'dnf update' inside GNOME, KDE or any other graphical desktop on Fedora 24

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On Wed, 2016-10-05 at 00:20 +0200, Björn Persson wrote:
> Adam Williamson wrote:
> > If you're using Workstation, the offline update system is expressly
> > designed to minimize the likelihood of this kind of problem, so please
> > do consider using it.
> 
> 
> In CentOS or Debian I can afford to reboot for every update. With
> Fedora's rapid stream of updates that's simply not workable.

Then just don't apply every update. There's no law that says you have
to...if there's a pending security update you get a different and more
urgent notification, btw.

> > Otherwise, at least run 'dnf update' in a VT -
> > hit ctrl-alt-f3 to get a VT console login prompt, log in, and do it
> > there.
> 
> 
> In a VT I'll often be unable to review the list of updates before
> hitting Y, as I'll only see the end of the list.

You can look at the list from a desktop terminal but actually run the
transaction from the VT, or you can run inside screen or tmux and use
their scrollback features...
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