Hi, On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 02:15:44AM +0100, Robert Scheck wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2023, Gert Doering wrote:
So don't do OS updates. But *do* update the probe software, automatically, and in normal intervals.
writing while wearing my hat as a RPM packager: I'm not really sure how this shall work practically: If the probe software is run on regular (non- hardware probe) systems, there are runtime dependencies to other software, e.g. due to dynamic linking. Latter is encouraged by Linux distributions, [..]
This is all good and true - so, do not distribute as RPM. Distribute as Docker image, or Flatpack, or whatever all these new "encapsulate a program and all its dependencies" approaches are called, and I'm sure some of them have mechanisms to enforce timely updates. First and foremost, a RIPE Atlas probe is a centrally managed piece of software, and this is what it needs to be: centrally managed, centrally upgraded, always at the upgrade level the central controller wants it to be. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Michael Emmer Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279