Re: apt-show-versions Question
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:16:10AM -0600, Stephen Hargrove wrote:
> Based on a recent thread on this list, I've constructed the following
> bash script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-versions: email alerts when new packages
> # are available
> #
> # 2003-03-10, Shaun Crossley, shaun@whatever.ca
>
> ADMINMAIL=stephen@frank.exitwound.org
>
> /usr/bin/apt-show-versions -u | /usr/bin/mail -e -s "`/bin/hostname`:
> updated packages available" $ADMINMAIL
>
> I have one machine that _never_ reports any available updates, and I
> have another machine that _always_ reports available updates -- even
> when there are none available. For example, recently I performed:
>
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get upgrade
>
> And received a response that no updates were available. However, the
> script emailed me a list of approximately 50 available updates in the
> form of:
>
> dnsutils/testing upgradeable from 1:9.2.1-4 to 1:9.2.2-2
> ksirc 4:2.2.2-14.6 newer than version in archive
> khexedit 4:2.2.2-9.2 newer than version in archive
> libpng3/testing upgradeable from 1.2.1-1.1 to 1.2.5-10
> korn 4:2.2.2-14.6 newer than version in archive
> etc.
>
> Am I missing something? I'm sure that I'm doing something wrong, but
> I'm not seeing it. Any input would be appreciated.
I'm the author of that snippet of code. I can't tell from what
you've quoted, but it looks like you might have an earlier
version that omits the "/usr/bin/apt-get update -qq" which runs
prior to the apt-show-versions line.
Perhaps that's the trouble you're having (in which case I
apologize). If apt-get upgrade is not run prior to
apt-show-versions you may not get an accurate report of what new
packages are available.
Or perhaps your problem is related to a similar problem I'm
having where I've used pinning, to make apt-get aware of all
three versions (stable/testing/unstable). When I apt-get upgrade
or apt-get dist-upgrade, it doesn't automatically upgrade those
packages I've obtained from testing or unstable.
I recall reading that you could only track two versions at once;
perhaps I should be using some other method of getting testing
packages into my stable systems. Currently, when I find that a
testing package has been upgraded, I simply apt-get install -t
testing $PACKAGENAME and it gets the upgrade.
That's all I've got for now as far as insight -- hope it's of
some use.
And, thanks for using my script, such as it is! :-) One of
these days I intend to figure out how to create an apt repository
of my own so that scripts and custom kernel compiles can go
there, and I can point people at it if they're interested -- and
so that they will obtain the bug-fixes too.
--
Shaun Crossley
mailto:shaun@whatever.ca
http://www.whatever.ca
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