[chef] Re: Re: Suggested way to upgrade chef-client?

[Ranjib Dey < >]

given we are installing an omnibus installer the risk is relatively low. Also since dpkg is transactional , you can install the unmet dependencies with 'apt-get -f install' (in case dpkg bombs [which is highly unlikely given omnibus installers package everything above glibc]). I think there are tools like gdebi which can do 'yum localinstall' like stuff.

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Dan Razzell < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

A disadvantage of manually downloading and installing Debian packages is that dpkg doesn't manage dependencies.  If your system never uses apt-get, but instead you do your own dependency management somehow, that's arguably a possible strategy.  It was how Solaris packages were managed.  But if you do use apt-get, then manually installing some packages with dpkg throws the model into an inconsistent state.

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Steffen Gebert < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi,

I'm wondering how one should upgrade the chef-client omnibus package.

I'm moving away from the old apt repo for version 10 and am currently
downloading the .deb files and then installing them.
Is this the (only) right way?

Thanks for your response
Steffen