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We're going to try out apticron, but we don't want to know about every package that could be updated -- only the security / critical updates. How do we configure apticron to do this?

PS -- yes, we are subscribed to the Debian security announcement list.

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The 'unattend-upgrades' package actually looks promising for what you intend, https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/automatic-updates.html Should I have to enable automatic update on Debian lenny stable?

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Hi user1125087 I'd rather not use an automated unattended updater. I'd rather test out the update myself on a test machine first, then do the update manually. Also, if some code breaks all of a sudden, and if I'm using an automated unattended updater tool, I'd have to remember that such a tool could have pushed the update that cause the code to fail. – PhilAG Jan 7 at 1:24
Couldn't you just set the, "APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade" option to 0? This would stop auto install but would still download the update/s? – user1125087 Jan 7 at 2:36
If you're selling expedicious you could then write a script to cross reference between the apticron email and unattend's downloads? Thinking about a cleaner solution though... – user1125087 Jan 7 at 2:47
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