On Sunday, August 31st, 2025 at 12:58 AM, Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 16:24:59 +0000 > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming [email protected] wrote: > > > On Saturday, August 30th, 2025 at 9:40 PM, Lee [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > Also required is something that tells you there are software updates > > > you should install. Maybe there's already a package that does that - > > > I don't know. I ended up writing my own script. > > > > > > Regards > > > Lee > > > > You mean Debian doesn't inform you if your OS needs an update? > > > I don't know of any way to only have it automatically inform you of > updates. You could probably write a systemd unit or two to have it run > "apt list --upgradable" from time to time. Synaptic might have something > of the kind. > > Or you can have it install upgrades automatically by installing the > unattended-upgrades package. I have mine send emails so I can review > the results. It does occasionally hit an odd error which requires > manual intervention. Noted with thanks. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Targeted Individuals Singapore > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/
