On Saturday 07 August 2004 19:28, Michael Stenner wrote: > 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 ? Well, since yum (2.0.7) is invoked through cron here, the parameter -d1 just prints the essential info, I was after, too. Any output from cron jobs will be mailed to root by default. > 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. BTW: what's the state of CVS ATM? Could it act as a yum-stable replacement in experimental environments by now? Any best practices, how to play with it, as long, as installation isn't ready, yet? > That's a bit less kludgy than controlling the logging (and > building in the facility to send email, etc) from each application > independantly. Pete
