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I'm managing several Arch boxes, and using safepac to semi-automatically keep the systems up-to-date. However, I wanted quieter operation. Instead of getting an email from each box every morning (giving the /previous/ morning's info) I wanted messages only when there was something to do. So I wrote this Perl script that acts as an automated front-end to pacman.
* Like safepac, it reads the news before updating packages.
* Unlike safepac, it produces only "interesting" output.
* Unlike safepac, output is delivered immediately, instead of 24 hours later (since I only run this once a day, safepac's batching doesn't give me anything).
I also added one additional feature: When daemons are updated, they are automatically restarted. If there's a critical daemon that you want to restart manually, include that package in IgnorePkg, and you'll get email when the package has updates.
The script is available at http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gmacon3/autoup.pl
Documentation is at the top of the script.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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