PROJECT -- zyppercron

I have started a little project called zyppercron, it a simple shell script that will got out get a list of the scripts packages that are flagged for update then gets file details. This script is base on apticron, but since I don't have a debain box, I am writing all the code base on the emails I have seen from it.

Sample of the output, it I have ready for prime time I will attach the download

 

zyppercron report [Wed Nov 12 23:06:32 EST 2008] 
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zyppercron has detected that the following packages need upgrading on:

           magi.magidesign.com  

            [ 192.168.105.2 192.168.106.2 216.47.87.18 ] 

The following packages are currently ready to be download and install

 aaa_base       
 apache2        
 enscript       
 exiv2          
 flash-player   
 graphviz       
 kernel         
 kpowersave     
 libcdaudio     
 libgadu        
 libgnomecanvas 
 libsatsolver   
 libzypp        
 lvm2           
 openldap2      
 opera          
 opera          
 opera          
 pam_mount      
 perl-Socket6   
 sudo           
 timezone       
 timezone       
 tsclient       
 yelp           
 yum            

=======================================================================

Reading installed packages...


Information for package aaa_base:

Repository: openSUSE-11.0-Updates
Name: aaa_base
Version: 11.0-79.4
Arch: i586
Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Installed: Yes
Status: out-of-date (version 11.0-79.2 installed)
Installed Size: 315.0 K
Summary: SUSE Linux Base Package
Description: 
This package installs several important configuration files. Central
scripts like SuSEconfig are also in this package.

Information for package apache2:

Repository: openSUSE-11.0-Updates
Name: apache2
Version: 2.2.8-28.2
Arch: i586
Vendor: SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Installed: Yes
Status: out-of-date (version 2.2.8-28.1 installed)
Installed Size: 2.1 M
Summary: The Apache Web Server Version 2.0
Description: 
Apache 2, the successor to Apache 1.

Apache is the most used Web server software worldwide.

Some new features in Apache 2: - hybrid multiprocess, multithreaded
   mode for improved scalability

- multiprotocol support

- stream filtering

- IPv6 support

- new module API

New modules include: - mod_auth_db

- mod_auth_digest

- mod_charset_lite

- mod_dav

- mod_file_cache

Mod_ssl is no longer a separate package, but is now included in the
Apache distribution.

See /usr/share/doc/packages/apache2/, http://httpd.apache.org/, and
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/upgrading.html.