Not exactly a push, but I have my servers "remind" me daily when there are updates available. I have a script called 00pacman-update in my /etc/cron.daily ----< start clip >---- #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/pacman -Sy --noprogressbar /usr/bin/pacman -Qu ----< end clip >---- That way I get a daily reminder via email of what updates are available. Looking at the pacman options again though I think I'm going to change the first pacman options, from: "-Sy --noprogressbar" to "-Syuw --noconfirm --noprogressbar" # sync and download, but don't do the actual update I know that is not a push, but it does save you some time and you get reminded where there are waiting packages. You could script a push via ssh. On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Sujith wrote:

Hi,

I maintain a few machines and a server in my office and I periodically update them manually ( -Syu ).

Is there a way to push package updates to them ? Any project out there which does this ?

Thanks.

Sujith -- http://sujith-m.blogspot.com

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:54 AM, Sujith wrote:

I maintain a few machines and a server in my office and I periodically update them manually ( -Syu ).

Is there a way to push package updates to them ? Any project out there which does this ?

The tech side of the question has already been covered. I'd just want to point out that, with arch, automatic updates are *bad*. You should always check in real time the package manager messages: pac{save,new} files can be a real problem, especially if you're running a server. Update notification is fine for me. You could take a look at alunn/alunnd... I don't think it's network-enabled, but it's a good starting point to hack up a solution. Corrado