On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 22:36:36 +0200 Pòl Hallen <de...@fuckaround.org> wrote:
> like ubuntu, what's the best way to show a notify alert (via > terminal) about available packages? I take it you mean, *new* available packages. I don't know how Ubuntu does it, so I'll tell you what I do. And the answer depends on what you want to do. You could install unattended-upgrades, and let that notify you (via email) of packages it has already upgraded for you and the occasional reboot required. If that's a bit too trusting, set a cron job to pull in new packages, but not install them. I use: 5 3 * * * root sleep $( echo $((1 + RANDOM \% 1200)) ) ; /usr/bin/apt-get update > /dev/null && /usr/bin/apt-get -dy dist-upgrade > /dev/null The sleep command waits for up to 1200 seconds. That is there because I have a small herd of computers here and way back when I was on dial-up I did not want to swamp my connection. The apt-get update does an update, and throws away the output. Same with the dist-upgrade. The -d does a download only. You could follow that with "apt list --upgradable -a" so cron will email you a list of available upgrades. Or you could run that manually when you are ready. I just run "apt upgrade" when I am ready. As I mentioned, I have a small herd of computers. I run a shell script based on mssh to check all of them for updates. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
