<p>The package updates are triggered by a cron task that runs on the Crantastic <span class="caps">VPS</span>. The update procedures are stored in <code>lib/crantastic.rb</code>, and uses ActiveResource to send the updates to the live server (Heroku). The cron entry and update scripts are run by the <code>crantastic</code> user on the <span class="caps">VPS</span>. Note that this user use a full checkout of the crantastic source tree to run the updates. The cron task runs <code>git pull</code>, though, so the latest version of the code should always be present on the <span class="caps">VPS</span> without manual intervention.</p> <p>However, packages/gems are not automatically updated on the <span class="caps">VPS</span>. This can cause problems if gems present in <code>environment.rb</code> are not yet installed on the <span class="caps">VPS</span>. So currently one has to be careful with this and log in to the <span class="caps">VPS</span> to update gems. This should be automated somehow..</p> 2009-11-26T14:54:31-08:00 335831 cran-package-updates 12522 2009-09-25T02:32:49-07:00 2651