Package: apt Version: 0.5.3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Apt should (maybe optionally using debconf) create a cron job that automatically does "apt-get update" and tells whomever receive cron e-mail about any upgraded packages. I have the script /etc/cron.daily/apt-update that looks like this:
----- #!/bin/sh # Keep the apt cache current apt-get update > /dev/null # Update the dselect cache from the apt cache TEMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/apt-update.XXXXXX` apt-cache dumpavail > $TEMPFILE dpkg --update-avail $TEMPFILE rm $TEMPFILE # Remind admin to keep the system current apt-get dist-upgrade -u --trivial-only ----- The script may need some work to get it working both with and without dselect / dpkg. Also some people may prefer not getting any mail when there aren't any updates. Whether the script should be included as-is or not, I think this kind of script is something lots of people other than me would find useful. Cheers //Johan -- System Information Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux foo 2.2.19 #3 fre sep 7 22:47:38 CEST 2001 i686 Locale: LANG=sv_SE.ISO8859-1, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.4-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.010902 The GNU stdc++ library
