On Sat 17 Dec 2011 at 01:28:59 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote:

> How do I find out if there is a new version of linux kernel package is
> available? - I mean, having 3.1 installed, to know that 3.2 is
> available?
> 
> For the present I do it by
> 
> apt-cache search linux-image
> 
> and then look for what is available.
> 
> Is there a more elegant way?

w3m -dump http://packages.debian.org/unstable/kernel/ | grep linux-image-3.*pae 
| mail -s "kernel images available" brian

is about as elegant as it gets here. Could be scripted, of course, and
cron could be in on the act.


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