Bug#113395: apt: no way to make apt-get dist-upgrade issue output only when updating

[Shachar Shemesh <sun@max.fiasco.org.il>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: wishlist
I wish to run apt-get dist-upgrade in a cron job, to keep my system up to date.
I wish to be notified (say - by email) whenever an update took place.
I was using "apt-get dist-upgrade -q -q -u", until I realized that I am not 
notified.

I think that the -u option, when given with the -q option, should output the list
of packages updated, if any, but not output anything if no update took place.



-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux max 2.2.19 #1 Fri Jul 6 20:44:06 IDT 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-18       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-13      The GNU stdc++ library