It is not good practice to force system updates. This should not be done if dependencies can be met otherwise.
It creates a bad situation when dealing with cluster-nodes, where a build node might get out of sync with others.
(in a large-scale cluster situation easybuild is probably a better route.)
For debian, an example solution is to check for existing dependencies with apt but don't upgrade if not necessary.
Maybe a separate script for installing all dependencies if they're not there.
It is not good practice to force system updates. This should not be done if dependencies can be met otherwise.
It creates a bad situation when dealing with cluster-nodes, where a build node might get out of sync with others.
(in a large-scale cluster situation easybuild is probably a better route.)
For debian, an example solution is to check for existing dependencies with apt but don't upgrade if not necessary.
Maybe a separate script for installing all dependencies if they're not there.