From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (gate001.proxmox.com [45.144.208.40]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D20161FF0C1 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:05:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate001.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id DB69E2133B; Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:05:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Nicolas Frey To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Subject: [PATCH pve-docs 1/1] software updates: add short section about unattended-upgrades Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:05:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20260826150547.692282-1-n.frey@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 1 AWL -0.974 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment (newer systems) KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY 1 Sending domain does not have any anti-forgery methods RDNS_NONE 1.274 Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_NONE 0.001 SPF: sender does not publish an SPF Record Message-ID-Hash: EPOQGWJK42ZXTPFGZRH5RFNW272E2CIF X-Message-ID-Hash: EPOQGWJK42ZXTPFGZRH5RFNW272E2CIF X-MailFrom: nfrey@miso.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: as it has increasingly come up in enterprise support, where it would be of use to have something in our own docs to quote about this topic. this is somewhat of a follow-up to commit 86bddb2e3d39 that introduced a warning right above this section about partial upgrades using `apt upgrade`. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Frey --- Notes: This was discussed off-list a bunch with Laurențiu, only found time now to get to this. Same as for the series for adding the warning for partial upgrades, this is intended to be sent to the docs of all other products too. just gathering feedback here first. system-software-updates.adoc | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/system-software-updates.adoc b/system-software-updates.adoc index aa8f90d..483863c 100644 --- a/system-software-updates.adoc +++ b/system-software-updates.adoc @@ -26,3 +26,11 @@ features, see `man apt`, or <> for additional information. TIP: Regular updates are essential to get the latest patches and security related fixes. Major system upgrades are announced in the {forum}. + +Unattended Upgrades +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +`unattended-upgrades` cannot be configured to perform an equivalent +action to `apt full-upgrade`, which is required for {pve} repositories +to ensure full system updates. However, Debian base repositories can be +configured to be automatically updated this way by using `Origins-Pattern` +to only match a specific origin and/or suite. -- 2.47.3