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Unattended upgrades set to security only and never worry
It's difficult to do security-only updates when the fix is contained within a package update.
Even Microsoft's security updates are a mix with secuirity updates containing feature changes and vice versa.
I usually do an update on 1 random device / VM and if that was ok (inc. watching for any
.pacnewfiles) and then kick Ansible into action for the rest.Why does unattended upgrades with security only setting not fix this?
This is literally why Debian has distinct repos for security updates.
Let me know which repo this update appears in.
The jellyfin repo