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

[Joshua Timberman < >]

I recommend downloading the omnibus package and hosting it on an internal 
repository, and updating to the latest when ready to do so.

Cheers,
Joshua

On Jun 9, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Dan Razzell 
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> 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.
> 
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> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Steffen Gebert 
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> Hi,
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> 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
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