Debian Package a Day ([info]debaday) wrote,
@ 2004-03-19 06:00:00
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cron-apt - Automatic update of packages using apt

This package contains a tool that is run by a cron job at regular intervals. By default it just updates the package list and download new packages without installing. You can instruct it to run anything that you can do with apt-get.

It also sends mail (configurable) to the system administrator on errors.

Observe that this tool is a security risk, so you should not set it to do more than necessary (automatic upgrade of all packages is NOT recommended).

More information on this package can be found on the Debian web site


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[info]miguelitof
2004-03-19 06:57 am UTC (link)
Ummm... how is this different than adding a line in crontab to do the same thing?

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[info]ydna
2004-03-19 07:46 am UTC (link)
You're basically correct. It looks like it's largely a crontab file in /etc/cron.d/. But it also has a shell wrapper to read a config file, logs to its own log file, and rotates them. It looks like a handy "package" for getting the job done if you haven't already gone to the trouble of doing something similar by a more direct route. Probably great for the intermediate Debian admin or the extremely lazy.

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