On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Pål Dahle wrote: > Yo, > > I would like my system to inform me whenever there are > security related updates available. Setting up > > apt-get update --source /etc/apt/sources.list.security > > as a daily cron job was my initial thought. Unfortunately, > specifying an alternative source list does not seem to be > an option to apt-get. > > I guess I could have two different sources.lists and have > the sources.list created as a sym link that is moved before > and after the cron job is run. This, however, does not sound > as an appealing solution to me. > > Anyone got a better solution? >
try: apt-get -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/sources.list.security update Cheers -- Erik Rask, systems administrator @ AB Strakt "There is no normal life. There's just life. So get on with it." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
