apticron(1) General Commands Manual apticron(1)
NAME
apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an up-
grade
SYNOPSIS
apticron [--cron]
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 secu-
rity updates but can also be used in many other situations where timely
updates are necessary.
The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in or-
der to run no more than once a day.
FILES
/etc/apticron/apticron.conf
Configuration file, Email address to mail and profile for use
with apt-listchanges are configurable.
/etc/cron.d/apticron
Cron job for executing apticron daily.
/etc/cron.d/apticron
Fallback cron script for executing apticron (if no crond running
or system down at designated time).
/var/lib/apticron/cron_run
Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron op-
tion.
SEE ALSO
apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)
BUGS
In a particular situation apticron may report non-installed packages to
be upgraded. It's inconvenient, but it's not a bug in apticron itself.
Please see https://bugs.debian.org/544481#105 for details.
AUTHOR
Apticron was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh <colm.mac-
carthaigh@heanet.ie> with contributions from Marc Sherman <msher-
man@projectile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and improved by Tiago
Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.
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