"Hans-J. Ullrich" writes:

> Feature: Add an option, that cron-apt will not run regularly, but instead
> whenever a security-whole was detected in a package. So an update will only
> be started, when a security patch appeared.

As you're suggesting, this can be done by using a sources.list file
for this specific purpose only. There is an example of how to do this
in /etc/cron-apt/config (look for 'alternative sources.list file').

//Makholm


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Am Dienstag, 16. September 2008 schrieb Peter Makholm:
> "Hans-J. Ullrich" writes:
> > Feature: Add an option, that cron-apt will not run regularly, but instead
> > whenever a security-whole was detected in a package. So an update will
> > only be started, when a security patch appeared.
>
> As you're suggesting, this can be done by using a sources.list file
> for this specific purpose only. There is an example of how to do this
> in /etc/cron-apt/config (look for 'alternative sources.list file').
>
> //Makholm

Ah, yes, this is exactly what I was looking for. Must somehow missed it in the
config, although I read it.

Thanks for the advice ! Shame on me.


Cheers

Hans


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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:50:12 +0200, "Hans-J. Ullrich"
wrote:

> I would like to introduce you my idea, if it might be possible to add a
> new
> feature to cron-apt:
>
> ----
> Feature: Add an option, that cron-apt will not run regularly, but instead
> whenever a security-whole was detected in a package. So an update will
> only
> be started, when a security patch appeared.
> ----

The package unattended-upgrades does exactly that.


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