also sprach Will Lowe <harpo@thebackrow.net> [2002.01.13.2037 +0100]:
> > Is there any deb available for it?
>
> Not currently. If there's a lot of demand I'll package it, but it
> seemed silly to bloat the Packages file further by making a .deb
> containing 139 lines of perl.
this runs from my cron btw, incidentally called aptwatcher too.
cat aptwatcher 1>&2 | wc -l 2>&1
apt-get update &> /dev/null
tmpfile=`mktemp /tmp/aptwatcher.XXXXXX`
trap "rm -f $tmpfile" exit
echo n | apt-get -u dist-upgrade | \
grep "^\(The following\| \|[0-9]* packages upgraded\)" > $tmpfile
[ ! -s $tmpfile ] && exit 0
grep -q "^0 packages upgraded" $tmpfile && exit 0
cat << EOF | /usr/sbin/sendmail root
Subject: `hostname`: apt upgrades available
hi,
the following packages should be updated on $HOST:
`cat $tmpfile`
EOF
20 <lines>
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