NAME

       apticron - Generate a mail listing packages which are pending an upgrade

SYNOPSIS

       apticron [--cron]

DESCRIPTION

       apticron  is  a  shell script which generates a mail with a list of all packages currently
       pending an upgrade, as well  as  summary  of  changes  -  using  apt-listchanges  -  to  a
       configurable Email address.

       apticron is mainly intended for automatic notification of pending security updates but can
       also be used in many other situations where timely updates are necessary.

       The --cron option is only meant to be used when invoked by cron in order to  run  no  more
       than once a day.

FILES

       /etc/apticron/apticron.conf
              Custom  settings  go into this file, such as email and profile for apt-listchanges.
              You can use /usr/lib/apticron/apticron.conf as  a  template.   The  values  set  in
              /etc/apticron/apticron.conf    will    override    the    default    settings    in
              /usr/lib/apticron/apticron.conf.

       /etc/cron.d/apticron
              Cron job for executing apticron daily.

       /var/lib/apticron/cron_run
              Time stamp file used by apticron when invoked with --cron option.

SEE ALSO

       apt-get(8), apt-listchanges(1), cron(8)

BUGS

       In a particular situation apticron may report non-installed packages to be upgraded.  It's
       inconvenient,    but    it's    not    a    bug    in    apticron   itself.   Please   see
       https://bugs.debian.org/544481#105 for details.

AUTHOR

       Apticron was initially developed by Colm MacCarthaigh  <colm.maccarthaigh@heanet.ie>  with
       contributions  from Marc Sherman <msherman@projectile.ca>. Since 2006 it is maintained and
       improved by Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org>.

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