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Author: Adam Borowski
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] tool to check for updates without root??
On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:08:48AM +0200, Irrwahn wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:46:24 +0200, Didier Kryn wrote:
> >      If the question was only to be informed, I would use apt-watch. If 
> > it is to upgrade my system automatically, I would be afraid it brings in 
> > some undesired systemd/gnome/*kit dependency; therefore it isn't 
> > something I want.

>
> I'm under the impression that the apt-watch backend basically
> serves as a proxy for "apt-get <command>". And the apt-watch
> frontend is a Gnome applet. (Yuck!) And it's only available in
> wheezy and in unstable. (D'oh!)


It's not in unstable: https://bugs.debian.org/772785
I guess it could be reintroduced for mate or xfce, but at least I am not
volunteering to do the work.


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