[nzlug] Very simple gui for apt package upgrades

[Daniel Pittman]

Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> writes:
> Cliff Pratt wrote:
>> Shane wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:09, Steven Ellis wrote:

[... calling apt-get update; apt-get upgrade in cron ...]

>> There's a number of problems with that. One is that now and then a
>> package will require input and that will break the process. The
>> second is that even if you don't hit that problem, if you go and look
>> after a few weeks you will find that packages will be 'held back'.
>>
> I've just looked at cron-apt which appears to be a simple wrapper
> around apt. It doesn't seem to be much more advanced than the solution
> above.
>
> Any comments? Any other package suggestions?

I recommend and use apticron, a tool that will download any new packages
and send you a notification that includes details on the packages, the
changelog excerpt and so forth.

Very useful, and it makes sure that you know that an update is needed
without the risk of applying it automatically for you.  Because it
already downloaded the package you can upgrade without delays.

Regards,
        Daniel
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