Just an example how I have used the proposed apt-listbugs
a) In /etc/apt/apt.conf add the line LISTBUGS::Force-Pin "all"; b) Install cron-apt and in the actions directory /etc/cron-apt/action.d, where by default exist the files '0-update' and '3-download', create the file '5-upgrade' with the following two (same) lines upgrade -y upgrade -y This configuration upgrades only the files that have no critical bugs The coresponding part of the /var/log/cron-apt/log is attached. Regards George Famelis Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CRON-APT RUN [/etc/cron-apt/config]: Mon Sep 10 16:00:01 EEST 2007 CRON-APT SLEEP: 243, Mon Sep 10 16:04:04 EEST 2007 CRON-APT ACTION: 0-update CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get update -o quiet=2 CRON-APT ACTION: 3-download CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get autoclean -y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Del libwine 0.9.43-1 [7960kB] Del libwine-alsa 0.9.43-1 [708kB] Del libwine-capi 0.9.43-1 [658kB] Del libwine-cms 0.9.43-1 [670kB] Del libwine-gl 0.9.43-1 [1097kB] Del libwine-gphoto2 0.9.43-1 [673kB] Del libwine-ldap 0.9.43-1 [720kB] Del libwine-print 0.9.43-1 [769kB] Del libwine-sane 0.9.43-1 [671kB] Del libwine-twain 0.9.43-1 [654kB] Del wine 0.9.43-1 [656kB] Del wine-bin 0.9.43-1 [1199kB] Del wine-utils 0.9.43-1 [1290kB] CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages will be REMOVED: cli-common-dev kdm kdmtheme libmono1.0-cil mono-mcs mono-runtime The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-4.2 g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 guile-1.8-libs libboost-python1.34.1 libcommons-io-java libgomp1 libgwrap-runtime2 libmtp6 libntfs-3g10 libstdc++6-4.2-dev linux-headers-2.6.22-2 linux-headers-2.6.22-2-686 linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 loop-aes-modules-2.6.22-2-686 openbios-sparc The following packages have been kept back: dpkg-dev kdenlive kdepim libldap2-dev libmjpegtools0 libmlt++0.2.3 libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libpam-mount libxine1-console libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-gnome mjpegtools mono-common transcode The following packages will be upgraded: amarok amarok-xine cpp g++ gcc guile-g-wrap kcontrol kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdesktop kfind kig konqueror libcommons-fileupload-java libwine libwine-alsa libwine-capi libwine-cms libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2 libwine-ldap libwine-print libwine-sane libwine-twain libxml-sax-perl linux-headers-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 loop-aes-modules-2.6-686 mono-gac ncompress ntfs-3g qemu wine wine-bin wine-utils 36 upgraded, 16 newly installed, 6 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Need to get 18.1MB/79.9MB of archives. After unpacking 105MB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main wine 0.9.44-1 [669kB] Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main wine-bin 0.9.44-1 [1215kB] Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-alsa 0.9.44-1 [725kB] Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-gl 0.9.44-1 [1119kB] Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-print 0.9.44-1 [782kB] Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-sane 0.9.44-1 [684kB] Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-cms 0.9.44-1 [683kB] Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-gphoto2 0.9.44-1 [686kB] Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-ldap 0.9.44-1 [730kB] Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-capi 0.9.44-1 [671kB] Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main wine-utils 0.9.44-1 [1312kB] Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine 0.9.44-1 [8006kB] Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libwine-twain 0.9.44-1 [667kB] Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main libxml-sax-perl 0.16-0.1 [79.5kB] Get:15 http://ftp.debian.org sid/main ncompress 4.2.4.0-3 [22.4kB] Fetched 18.1MB in 2m11s (137kB/s) Download complete and in download only mode CRON-APT ACTION: 5-upgrade CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get upgrade -y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages have been kept back: amarok amarok-xine cpp dpkg-dev g++ gcc guile-g-wrap kcontrol kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdenlive kdepim kdesktop kfind kig konqueror libcommons-fileupload-java libldap2-dev libmjpegtools0 libmlt++0.2.3 libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libpam-mount libxine1-console libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-gnome linux-headers-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 loop-aes-modules-2.6-686 mjpegtools mono-common mono-gac mono-runtime ntfs-3g qemu transcode The following packages will be upgraded: libwine libwine-alsa libwine-capi libwine-cms libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2 libwine-ldap libwine-print libwine-sane libwine-twain libxml-sax-perl ncompress wine wine-bin wine-utils critical bugs of libwine-alsa (0.9.43-1 -> 0.9.44-1) <pending> #441418 - lost sound serious bugs of libxml-sax-perl (0.14-0.1 -> 0.16-0.1) <pending> #430118 - update-perl-sax-parsers: Depends on filesystem ordering to determine default parser Summary: libwine-alsa(1 bug), libxml-sax-perl(1 bug) Pinning packages at your request ... libwine-alsa libxml-sax-perl pinned by adding Pin preferences in /etc/apt/preferences. You need to restart apt to enable **************************************************************************** ****** Exit with an error by force in order to stop the installation. ****** **************************************************************************** 15 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 38 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/18.1MB of archives. After unpacking 524kB of additional disk space will be used. E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 returned an error code (10) E: Failure running script /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10 CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/apt-get upgrade -y Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... The following packages have been kept back: amarok amarok-xine cpp dpkg-dev g++ gcc guile-g-wrap kcontrol kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdenlive kdepim kdesktop kfind kig konqueror libcommons-fileupload-java libldap2-dev libmjpegtools0 libmlt++0.2.3 libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libpam-mount libwine libwine-capi libwine-cms libwine-gl libwine-gphoto2 libwine-ldap libwine-print libwine-sane libxine1-console libxine1-ffmpeg libxine1-gnome linux-headers-2.6-686 linux-image-2.6-686 loop-aes-modules-2.6-686 mjpegtools mono-common mono-gac mono-runtime ntfs-3g qemu transcode wine wine-bin wine-utils The following packages will be upgraded: libwine-twain ncompress 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 49 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/689kB of archives. After unpacking 12.3kB of additional disk space will be used. (Reading database ... 224466 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libwine-twain 0.9.43-1 (using .../libwine-twain_0.9.44-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libwine-twain ... Preparing to replace ncompress 4.2.4.0-2 (using .../ncompress_4.2.4.0-3_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement ncompress ... Setting up libwine-twain (0.9.44-1) ... Setting up ncompress (4.2.4.0-3) ...
