r12428 - in /packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian: changelog control control.in patches/07_improve_readme.diff update-notifier.1 update-notifier.examples

Wed Sep 5 00:29:59 UTC 2007

Author: kov
Date: Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
New Revision: 12428

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/?sc=1&rev=12428
Log:
accepted (slightly reworked) patch by Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
to make it clear that update-notifier depends on external services
to actually notice that updates are available (Closes: #439239)

Added:
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.examples
Modified:
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/changelog
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control.in
    packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.1

Modified: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/changelog
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/changelog?rev=12428&op=diff
==============================================================================

--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/changelog (original)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/changelog Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
   * debian/patches/06_port_to_gtk2.10.diff:
   - added to conditionaly use a gtk2.12-only function, which does
     not seem to break update-notifier if removed
-
- -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov at debian.org>  Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:30:45 -0300
+  * debian/control.in, debian/update-notifier.1,
+    debian/update-notifier.examples, debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff:
+  - accepted (slightly reworked) patch by Javier FernÃ¡ndez-Sanguino PeÃ±a
+    to make it clear that update-notifier depends on external services
+    to actually notice that updates are available (Closes: #439239)
+
+ -- Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov at debian.org>  Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:29:55 -0300
 
 update-notifier (0.59.4.debian-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

Modified: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control?rev=12428&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control (original)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -33,10 +33,17 @@
 Conflicts: upgrade-notifier
 Replaces: upgrade-notifier
 Description: Daemon which notifies about package updates
- Update Notifier will check for the availability of new packages for
- your Debian system on a daily basis. When it detects new versions of
- the packages installed on the system are available, it will add an
- icon on the desktop notification area.
+ Update Notifier can check for the availability of new packages for
+ your Debian system. When it detects new versions of the packages installed on
+ the system are available, it will add an icon on the desktop notification
+ area.
  .
- It will work with any Desktop system that implements the FreeDesktop
- notification area specification, like GNOME, KDE and XFCE.
+ The package database has to be updated periodically for it to
+ work. You can setup an automatic update using the software-properties-gtk
+ (for GNOME users) or software-properties-kde (for KDE users) packages.
+ You can also add your own cron schedule, or even rely on a tool such as
+ cron-apt.
+ .
+ This package works with any Desktop system that implements the
+ FreeDesktop notification area specification, like GNOME, KDE and
+ XFCE.

Modified: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control.in
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control.in?rev=12428&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control.in (original)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/control.in Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -33,10 +33,17 @@
 Conflicts: upgrade-notifier
 Replaces: upgrade-notifier
 Description: Daemon which notifies about package updates
- Update Notifier will check for the availability of new packages for
- your Debian system on a daily basis. When it detects new versions of
- the packages installed on the system are available, it will add an
- icon on the desktop notification area.
+ Update Notifier can check for the availability of new packages for
+ your Debian system. When it detects new versions of the packages installed on
+ the system are available, it will add an icon on the desktop notification
+ area.
  .
- It will work with any Desktop system that implements the FreeDesktop
- notification area specification, like GNOME, KDE and XFCE.
+ The package database has to be updated periodically for it to
+ work. You can setup an automatic update using the software-properties-gtk
+ (for GNOME users) or software-properties-kde (for KDE users) packages.
+ You can also add your own cron schedule, or even rely on a tool such as
+ cron-apt.
+ .
+ This package works with any Desktop system that implements the
+ FreeDesktop notification area specification, like GNOME, KDE and
+ XFCE.

Added: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff?rev=12428&op=file
==============================================================================
--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff (added)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/patches/07_improve_readme.diff Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -1,0 +1,21 @@
+--- update-notifier-0.59.5.debian.old/README	2007-02-16 08:47:12.000000000 -0200
++++ update-notifier-0.59.5.debian/README	2007-09-04 21:28:22.000000000 -0300
+@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
+ 
+ This is a small tray icon that backgrounds itself and checks for
+ upgrades. It must be ensured by other means (like a cron job) that a
+-regular "apt-get update" is done. This is ensured by installing a
+-option into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d to trigger a cron update script. It
+-uses FAM to monitor /var/lib/apt/lists/* and
++regular "apt-get update" is done.  
++
++You can use software-properties-gtk or software-properties-kde to
++setup the daily cron job provided by the apt package.
++
++Also, you can either install cron-apt or use the cron job provided at
++/usr/share/doc/upgrade-notifier/examples/upgrade-notifier.cron.daily
++
++It uses FAM or GAMIN to monitor /var/lib/apt/lists/* and
+ /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp. If they change it updates
+ it's status.
+ 

Modified: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.1
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.1?rev=12428&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.1 (original)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.1 Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -21,10 +21,25 @@
 .RI [ OPTION... ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Update Notifier
-will check for the availability of new packages for your Debian system
-on a daily basis. When it detects new versions of the packages
+can be used to check for the availability of new packages for your Debian system.
+When it detects new versions of the packages
 installed on the system are available, it will add an icon on the
 desktop notification area.
+
+For
+.B Update Notifier
+to detect new avialable updates a task has to run periodically to
+update the package database. You can use the
+.B Software Properties
+application (\fBsoftware-properties-gtk\fR if you run GNOME or
+\fBsoftware-properties-kde\fR if you run KDE) to setup that task up.
+
+Such as task is also available in Debian systems if the \fBcron-apt\fR
+package is installed, a simpler task is available at
+.B /usr/share/doc/update-notifier/examples/update-notifier.cron.daily
+which has to be installed in 
+.B /etc/cron.daily/update-notifier
+
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-\-debug\-hooks

Added: packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.examples
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.examples?rev=12428&op=file
==============================================================================
--- packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.examples (added)
+++ packages/unstable/update-notifier/debian/update-notifier.examples Wed Sep  5 00:29:59 2007
@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@
+debian/upgrade-notifier.cron.daily


