Automatic notification of Debian package updates via cron

Very simple, and hinted at in the Debian APT HOWTO. I think I used to use a different package for this, but I think I like the simplicity of this method better. After installing apt-show-versions, I made the following entry in root’s crontab: @daily apt-get -q -q update 2> /dev/null && apt-show-versions -u root gets [...]