On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 09:41:46AM -0400, Nathan Valentine wrote: > I'm thinking of writing a script but I am hoping that someone else has > beaten me to the punch. Perhaps someone has seen something that will do > this: > > 1) Check the Debian security announcement list. > 2) Compare new announcements to the local package database. > 3) If vulnerable packages installed, send an 'I need updated' email to > an address defined by the SysAdmin. > > Anyone ever seen such a beast? I've searched the archives of this list > and not found any reference to anything along these lines.
If an announcement has been made, then there is a fixed package available, and (assuming you have the relevant sources.list entry) it will be automatically made available to apt, and all you need is a tool like apt-show-versions (or even apt-get) to automatically retrieve a list of packages for which updates exist. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
