On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:36:13PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> Thanks for this script, Mike, always good to see other ways of setting
> things up.
> Greg Bodnar sent me details of an interesting apt addon, apt-listbugs
> (and associated to that, reportbugs).
>
> apt-listbugs hooks into apt-get, and before installing anything, looks
> up the Bug Tracking System and gives you details of the outstanding
> bugs, so you can decide whether or not to install.
Try apt-listchanges too. Very useful on a production server, as you can get
a look at what changes were made in that security upgrade...
I have the systems at work set to email it, so that the other admins see it
too.. (then it's also a bit of a "oh, machine X has been upgraded now")
Mike.
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Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184
If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... Then you probably
haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
