Bug#745130: apt should tell if updates are available
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 09:38:16AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> On 4/22/14, James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 05:13:46PM +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> >> You could also use a hook script with APT::Update::Post-Invoke to
> >> do/display whatever you might want to.
> >
> > Something like the daptup package?
>
> I just saw the dataup package. It seems to do the thing I want but
> don't know how to use the 'hook script with APT::Update:Post-Invoke to
> do/display whatever you might want to' .
daptup provides an apt config file which defines APT::Update::Pre-Invoke
and APT::Update::Post-Invoke hooks. Those hooks determine what packages
are new/changed and display them to you.
Cheers,
--
James
GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>
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