Does sound useful, I'll be updating the package in about two weeks time, I'll include something along these lines.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:15:59PM -0400, Marc Sherman wrote: > Package: apticron > Version: 1.1.12 > Severity: wishlist > > > It would be helpful if apticron would also report on packages which > apt-get dist-upgrade reports as being kept back. For example, in > today's testing update, base-config somehow ended up in testing despite > a conflict with testing's version of tasksel (it requires the version in > stable), so it's automatically held back. It would be nice to see this > in the apticron report. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/msherman# apt-get -s dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > base-config > The following packages will be upgraded: > base-files > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > Inst base-files [3.1.2] (3.1.4 Debian:testing) > Conf base-files (3.1.4 Debian:testing) > > Thanks, > - Marc > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 > Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages apticron depends on: > ii apt-listchanges 2.59-0.2 Display change history from .deb > a > ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities > ii debconf 1.4.30.13 Debian configuration management > sy > ii iproute 20041019-3 Professional tools to control > the > ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-4 A simple mail user agent > > -- debconf information excluded > > -- Colm MacCárthaigh / HEAnet, Teach Brooklawn, / Innealtóir Líonra +353 1 6609040 / Bóthar Shelbourne, BÁC, IE / http://www.hea.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
