On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 10:36:13PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > Thanks for this script, Mike, always good to see other ways of setting > things up. > Greg Bodnar sent me details of an interesting apt addon, apt-listbugs > (and associated to that, reportbugs). > > apt-listbugs hooks into apt-get, and before installing anything, looks > up the Bug Tracking System and gives you details of the outstanding > bugs, so you can decide whether or not to install.
Try apt-listchanges too. Very useful on a production server, as you can get a look at what changes were made in that security upgrade... I have the systems at work set to email it, so that the other admins see it too.. (then it's also a bit of a "oh, machine X has been upgraded now") Mike. -- Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... Then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.