man apticron (Commandes) - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade
NAME
apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade
SYNOPSIS
apticron
DESCRIPTION
apticron is a shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently pending an upgrade, as well as summary of changes - using apt-listchanges - to a configurable Email address.
apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can also be used in many other situations where timely updates are neccessary.
FILES
- /etc/apticron/apticron.conf
- Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use with apt-listchanges are configurable.
- /etc/cron.daily/apticron
- Cron script for executing apticron daily
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Apticron is by Colm MacCárthaigh <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msherman@projectile.ca>