[TriLUG] equivalent of debian's apticron in fedora?

[Cristóbal Palmer]

Whoops. Hit send too soon, it seems. Found the answer already.

Mad props to Nivex on #trilug, who pointed me to
/etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf, which seems to meet my needs:

[main]
# how often to check for new updates (in seconds)
run_interval = 3600
# how often to allow checking on request (in seconds)
updaterefresh = 600

# how to send notifications (valid: dbus, email, syslog)
emit_via = dbus
# should we listen via dbus to give out update information/check for
# new updates
dbus_listener = yes

# automatically install updates
do_update = no
# automatically download updates
do_download = no
# automatically download deps of updates
do_download_deps = no

Cheers,
CMP

On Dec 27, 2007 2:01 PM, Cristóbal Palmer <cristobalpalmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps my google-fu is failing. I've also asked some knowledgeable
> friends who haven't seen what I'm looking for either, so I figure I
> should cast a wider net.
>
> Here goes: I can't seem to find an equivalent to debian's apticron in
> Fedora. My specific requirements are for a tool that:
>
>     * shows what packages have updates available
>     * shows what kind (eg. critical security, moderate security,
> bugfix) of update each package is
>     * checks at user-configurable intervals
>     * sends mail at user-configurable intervals
>     * includes changelog or similar info in the email
>     * plain text. I don't want a GUI, nor do I need HTML prettification.
>
> Does such an animal already exist? I've already had one person tell me
> I should cook it up with the python yum module. I can't believe nobody
> has done this already.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Cristóbal M. Palmer
> celebrating 15 years of sunsite/metalab/ibiblio:
> http://tinyurl.com/2o8hj4
>



-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
celebrating 15 years of sunsite/metalab/ibiblio:
http://tinyurl.com/2o8hj4