2014-01-03 14:44 keltezéssel, Tanstaafl írta: > In gentoo, I routinely perform pretend updates to see what updates are > available, so a process like: > > eix-sync > to synchronizes the local repo with the online one > > eix packagename > shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they reside > in (stable, testing, etc) > > emerge --pretend -vuDN world > results in a list of all available updates, as well as any dependencies > that would be installed, which I can then pick and choose from. I > usually wait until newly available updates have been available for at > least a few days before installing them, to avoid nasty surprises.
For regularly checking updates I use the cron-apt package, actually it does almost the same as you wish. I configured it to check the updates (apt-get update), download but not install the updated packages (apt-get -d dist-upgrade). If there is packages to be updated it sends a mail with the packagenames to be updated. -- --- Friczy --- 'Death is not a bug, it's a feature' -- 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/52c7c8ce.7050...@freemail.hu
