[Koha] Update OS vs Update Koha

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi Joel,

I am not a system administrator, so others might be able to give more
information. But I thought this page might be helpful:

https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Debian#Set_up_package_sources

I think following a codename (version number) will prevent the big
updates from happening. If you also don't want to have monthly updates,
you might have to do something else. I know it's possible.

Hope it helps,

Katrin


On 13.06.19 22:45, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
> First, some background.
>
> We currently have a Koha server running 17.05. This server has been updated
> in place since sometime in 2012 or 2013, going back at least to version
> 3.04. For a variety of reasons, it's time to start over with our Koha
> install.
>
> To that end, I had setup a new Ubuntu 18.04 server and installed Koha 18.11
> via the packages. Going forward, I hope to not fall two years behind again,
> but during the re-implementation phase we did not want to do and updates.
>
> Today I ran "apt upgrade" on the Ubuntu server console, and to my surprise
> watched the new server update koha-common to 19.05. My prior experience is
> this does **not** normally update the koha-common packages. Instead, I
> would need to change the sources or do a dist-upgrade.
>
> What did I miss here? In the future, how can I update the OS without
> updating the Koha application? I want to be able to install linux, apache,
> etc security updates during an academic term, and be able to save the koha
> application updates for between terms, when have down-time for review and
> staff training.
>
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