I'm trying to create a list of only the security updates available to an Ubuntu system using apt-get.
I'm very aware of this post How do I check only security updates from the command-line? but that only seems to work if there aren't any source lists present in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
So far my code looks like this
#!/bin/bash
set -x
setup(){
APTSRC="/etc/apt/sources.list"
SECSRC="/etc/apt/secsource.list"
}
cleanup(){
rm ${SECSRC}
}
get_updates(){
grep trusty-security ${APTSRC} > ${SECSRC}
apt-get -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="${SECSRC##/*/}" -o Dir::Etc:sourceparts="." update && apt-get --assume-no upgrade
}
setup
get_updates
cleanup
It works for the most part, but because I have a few source lists present in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ and it pulls those in. Is there a way I can avoid that via command line options?
I would like to add that we won't set up automatic updates. We just want a list of the updates.
Best Answer
Install the package apt-show-versions and run
to get a listing like this: