Supported mechanisms for system-only updates?

[ar-jan]

I used to configure weekly system-ony updates via /etc/crontab, the initially recommended way (e.g. 18 5 * * 7 root barracuda up-stable system). Later the _AUTO_UP_WEEKLY etc. upgrade method was added and documented in barracuda.cnf.

Is updating via (custom) cron command still supported, or is _AUTO_UP_WEEKLY the only supported way? Asking because I notice on a new BOA install (v. 3.2.0) I added an system update command in /etc/crontab, but it seems it is removed automatically by BOA.

Perhaps the docs in UPGRADE.txt should also point to the _AUTO_UP_WEEKLY update mechanism in .barracuda.cnf?

[omega8cc]

Indeed, _AUTO_UP_WEEKLY is the only supported method for a long time already, and BOA will automatically remove all other entries from /etc/crontab. See this script: https://github.com/omega8cc/boa/blob/master/aegir/tools/bin/autoupboa

Feel free to suggest improvements, or better yet, submit a PR :-)

BTW, you could alternatively add your custom cron entry in /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root and make the change permanent by adding your line to /var/xdrago/cron/custom.txt and then restart cron service manually.