[Yum] yum output email notification

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On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 04:11:33PM +0200, dan1 wrote:
> Is it possible to get an email notification each time yum handles a
> package to be installed / not installed, had problems, etc... ?
> This would be great, because else how do I know if there is a
> problem or not when I put it in a cron job ?

The yum in CVS logs in a manner that's more syslog-like, so you should
be able to use something like logwatch or epylog to notify you.
That's a bit less kludgy than controlling the logging (and building in
the facility to send email, etc) from each application independantly.

					-Michael

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