Hi again, I'm I right when I say that this script only can follow the DSA:s that cover woody? It is nice but I would really like a version that can handle sid too. :) It would be some more text processing but I think it is doable.
Do you want me to make a dependency/recommend from harden-*flaws to this package? Regards, // Ola On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:13:18PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:31:34PM +0100, Rob Bradford wrote: > > I have written a python script that allows you to compares locally > > installed packages with those on security.debian.org. Furthermore it > > provides a description of the problem/DSA name if the package is > > mentioned in the DSA RDF. > > That looks really interesting for the harden packages. Especially for > the harden-*flaws packages. It is probably a better approach than > uploading new harden-fooflaws everytime. Is it possible for your script > to differentiate between local and remote flaws? > > > The script is intended to be run as a normal user in a crontab, and thus > > produces no output if the system is completely upto date. > > > > You will need to install python2.2 and python2.2-xml prior to using the > > script which can be found at > > http://www.robster.org.uk/files/security-update-check.py > > > > Any feedbacl/ideas would be much appreciated. I plan to make some minor > > changes and package this up later this week :) > > Maybe you want to have it in the harden-*flaws package or simply make > these depend on your package. The later is maybe better. > > Regards, > > // Ola > > > Cheers > > > > Rob > > -- > > Rob 'robster' Bradford > > Founder: http://www.debianplanet.org/ > > Developer: http://www.debian.org/ > > Monkey with keyboard: http://www.robster.org.uk/ > > > > -- > --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- > / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | > | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | > | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | > \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Björnkärrsgatan 5 A.11 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 584 36 LINKÖPING | | +46 (0)13-17 69 83 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / ---------------------------------------------------------------
