<p>Yum search update<br>
Updatesd checks automatically and can notify, or auto update based on config.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 8, 2011 9:20 AM, "James Sumners" <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> I'm looking for an equivalent to apticron[1] for RHEL6. I realize that<br>
> I could automate a `yum check-update -q | mail ...` but that is a poor<br>> substitute. Notice that apticron actually gives details in the email<br>> about the available updates (which allows me to set a priority on when<br>
> to do the updating). I keep coming across references to<br>> yum-updatesd[2], but that tool doesn't seem to be installed or even<br>> available to be installed:<br>> <br>> " # yum provides yum-updatesd<br>
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, product-id, subscription-manager<br>> Updating Red Hat repositories.<br>> rhel-6-server-rpms<br>> | 2.1 kB 00:00<br>> Warning: 3.0.x versions of yum would erroneously match against filenames.<br>
> You can use "*/yum-updatesd" and/or "*bin/yum-updatesd" to get that behaviour<br>> No Matches found"<br>> <br>> So, RHEL faithfuls, any suggestions?<br>> <br>> [1] -- <a href="http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/491">http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/491</a><br>
> [2] -- <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/red-hat-centos-fedora-send-package-update-notification-via-email/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/red-hat-centos-fedora-send-package-update-notification-via-email/</a><br>> <br>
> -- <br>> James Sumners<br>> <a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br>> <br>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts<br>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it<br>
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>> <br>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>> CH:D 59<br>
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