On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 02:40:12PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> However, I guess the "full" version should restate a previous comment
> this morning, which is that you should at least automate the collection
> of updates, if not the actual installation.
>
> For Debian, I generally do half that job, with a
> apt-get update && apt-get --simulate upgrade
>
> I suppose you could do
> apt-get update && apt-get --download-only upgrade
>
> Any advice for improving on this invocation welcome :-)
# Check for upgraded packages.
and:
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#!/bin/sh
# Filename: checkupdates.sh
# Purpose: automatically check for updates, and mail me when there are
# some to attend to. Add to root's crontab with something like:
#
# 30 1 * * * /root/bin/checkupdates.sh
#
export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
HOSTNAME=`hostname -f`
TMPFILE=`tempfile`
apt-get update > $TMPFILE 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
mail -s "[$HOSTNAME] APT update failed, check manually" root < $TMPFILE
rm -f $TMPFILE
exit 0
fi
apt-get -s upgrade > $TMPFILE 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
mail -s "[$HOSTNAME] APT simulated upgrade failed, check manually" root < $TMPFILE
rm -f $TMPFILE
exit 0
fi
if ! grep -qE '^(Inst|Conf) ' $TMPFILE; then
# No packages need upgrading
rm -f $TMPFILE
exit 0
fi
UPGRADES="$(awk '/^Inst / { print $2 }' $TMPFILE | sort | sed 's/^/ /')"
apt-get -dyu upgrade > $TMPFILE 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
SUBJECT="[$HOSTNAME] APT package download failed, check manually"
else
SUBJECT="[$HOSTNAME] Updated packages pending"
fi
mail -s "$SUBJECT" root << EOM
[$HOSTNAME] The following packages are pending an upgrade:
$UPGRADES
Please log in and run 'apt-get upgrade'
Download output follows:
$(cat $TMPFILE)
--
$0
EOM
rm -f $TMPFILE
exit 0
# EOF
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Cheers,
Mike.
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Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184
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