attempting to fix naive system updater

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / system / naive_system_updater.sh

diff --git a/scripts/system/naive_system_updater.sh b/scripts/system/naive_system_updater.sh
index dbad94fb88203bd2c35a114578f9391fdbaa3891..08cd526647dad3869d960888c92a576542cfdc68 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/system/naive_system_updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/system/naive_system_updater.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
 
 sudo apt-get update -y
 check_result "problem while doing 'apt-get update'"
-sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
+# new magic to tell dpkg to go with existing config files.  let's see if it works!
+sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold"
 check_result "problem while doing 'apt-get dist-upgrade'"