listing updated packages only

[Vincent Danen]

I was looking for an option in apt-cache or apt-get that would allow me
to list packages that apt wanted to update.  For instance, as part of
the daily security routine in Annvix, I update the urpmi medium(s) and
then report, per-media, what packages are available for upgrade in a
cronjob so the admin gets an email saying they're behind on
such-and-such packages.

I can't seem to find something like this for apt, however.  The closest
thing I see is "apt-get upgrade -s" but it's a little messy.  I could
clean it up myself by parsing it for the email, but was wondering if
there was another option available.

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mysql> SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0;
Empty set (0.00sec)
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