updates: how to receive warnings on new updates ?

[Mike McGrath]

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> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 10:07 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: RE: updates: how to receive warnings on new updates ?
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> > joao.miguel.ferreira.19740720 at portugalmail.pt
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:47 AM
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> > Subject: updates: how to receive warnings on new updates ?
> > 
> > Hello all at Fedora,
> > 
> > I'd like to know if there is a simple way to receive notifications 
> > (e-mail) about updated packeges that are released.
> > 
> > I'm the administrator of some Fedora servers and I would 
> like to keep 
> > them updated but I prefer not to have automatic updates. So 
> I need to 
> > be informed of updates released so that I can have my servers ok.
> > 
> > Can I receive e-mails ?  Is it possible to configure 
> up2date to check 
> > for updates and send me e-mail ? any ideas ?
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks
> > jmf
> > 
> > 
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> 
> I'm sure there's a more elegant way of doing this but I have 
> cron running this every night:
> 
> /usr/bin/yum -R 120 -e 0 -d 0 -y check-update | grep 
> "updates-released\|base"
> 
> just grep for whatever repos you use.
> 
> 	-Mike

Probably should have looked into this before I posted....

/usr/bin/yum -d0 check-update

	-Mike