I want to see a list of "New in repository" packages every time they appear after cache update. How can I achieve this?
How exactly does Synaptic keep track of "New in repository" packages?
Is there an RSS feed that alerts subscribers of new/updated packages in the official repositories?
Set up an MTA on your system if you haven't already, so that emails sent from the command line will work.
Install the bsd-mailx package to give you a standard command mail to send emails to the MTA from the command line.
Write a script as follows:
#!/bin/sh
mkdir -p ~/new-package-detector
cd ~/new-package-detector
apt-cache search .|awk '{print $1}'|sort|uniq > new-package-list
if [ -f old-package-list ]; then
comm -23 new-package-list old-package-list > new-in-repository
if [ -s new-in-repository ]; then
mail -s 'New packages available' int_ua@example.com < new-in-repository
fi
fi
mv new-package-list old-package-list
Then set up a cron job to run your script regularly. You might need to add an apt-get update to the start of the script, too, in order to make sure that it happens before the check.
I was just asking a wrong question. All I need is these RSS feeds:
Is there an RSS feed that alerts subscribers of new/updated packages in the official repositories?
