Thread: List needed security updates

i used able run command updates tell customers why should pay me more money secure servers on regular basis.

code:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade -s| grep ^inst |grep security

sure it's bit hacky, trick , can count them piping wc -l.

problem security updates no longer specified far can tell in list or specific repository can't grep list anymore. looks repositories merged. (is documented somewhere can read on it?)

how list security updates needed on ubuntu server 12.04?

note: i'd accomplish without making changes file system setting separate sources.list in /etc somewhere undesirable.

sarnold , rbasak in #ubuntu-server helped me come solution. i'd rather not create file, 1 /tmp not creating anyway. data in file isn't important , won't impact system activity in way i'm okay it.

code:

grep security /etc/apt/sources.list > /tmp/security.list  sudo apt-get upgrade -odir::etc::sourcelist=/tmp/security.list -s

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