On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 12:46:50PM +0200, eim wrote: > On Fri, 2002-05-24 at 20:48, Teun Vink wrote: > > This can be simply done with the following statement: > > > > apt-get -qq update && apt-get -dqq upgrade && apt-get -sqq upgrade > > > > (assuming your machine is 24/7 connected to the internet and you have > > securiy.debian.org in your /etc/apt/sources.list) > > > > This will update your packages list, and then simulate an > > upgrade. Schedule it using a cron job, and you will only receive mail if > > new packages are available. I use this to maintain a network of about 50 > > Debian servers (potato and woody). > > Very nice, but anyway it will 'only' notify you via mail > about new packages, so in the end it's up too you executing > apt-get upgrade, right ?
What would you rather have it do? If you are brave enough that you want the upgrade executed automatically, just remove the '-s' flag. But a notification about security updates was exactly what the discussion was about. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
