Hi, Thierry: On Thursday 08 April 2010 01:59:26 Thierry Chatelet wrote: > Hi, > Here is my idea: > First, in my village, I 'convert' quiet a few people (about 15 boxes) to > use Debian. They are rather happy about it, but I have a problem with > update/ upgrade: they never know when they should do one. Most of them > don't read English, so subscribing them to debian security mailing list > would not help. And most of the time they would not know if the package(s) > listed is/are in their box. But kmail (and certainly other mail client) can > run some script according to the sender address. So, if we had a script > that can read the subject of mail coming from debian security, -- they > always have the same layout : [SECURITY] [DSA 2029-1] New <packagename> > packages fix....--then compare the package incriminated with the packages > installed in their box, and keep the mail if the package is present, > otherwise trash it. I think they will be able to see it is a mail from > security and that they have to update their machine. > So, if someone could help me to put that script together it will be a big > help. I have done a bit of programming so time ago in Turbo Pascal and in > asme (old time....). > Thierry
I use cron-apt. It will mail me when there are pending updates to packages already installed. Since for the "Stable" distribution "what to update" answer is "everything", you are done. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005161528.26700.jesus.nava...@undominio.net
