aptitude

user@server:/usr/share/doc/cron-apt/examples$ sudo cron-apt -s
CRON-APT RUN [/etc/cron-apt/config]: Mon Jun  4 18:24:39 CEST 2012
CRON-APT ACTION: 0-update
CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/aptitude -q -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security-sources.list update -o quiet=2
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security InRelease
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe i386 Packages
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe TranslationIndex
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en
Reading package lists...
CRON-APT ACTION: 3-download
CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/aptitude -q -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security-sources.list autoclean -y
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Freed 0 B of disk space
CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/aptitude -q -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security-sources.list dist-upgrade -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
CRON-APT ACTION: 9-notify
CRON-APT LINE: /usr/bin/aptitude -q -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=/etc/apt/security-sources.list -q -q --no-act upgrade
/usr/bin/aptitude: unrecognized option '--no-act'
aptitude 0.6.6
Usage: aptitude [-S fname] [-u|-i]
       aptitude [options] <action> ...
  Actions (if none is specified, aptitude will enter interactive mode):

 install      - Install/upgrade packages.
 remove       - Remove packages.
 purge        - Remove packages and their configuration files.
 hold         - Place packages on hold.
 unhold       - Cancel a hold command for a package.
 markauto     - Mark packages as having been automatically installed.
 unmarkauto   - Mark packages as having been manually installed.
 forbid-version - Forbid aptitude from upgrading to a specific package version.
 update       - Download lists of new/upgradable packages.
 safe-upgrade - Perform a safe upgrade.
 full-upgrade - Perform an upgrade, possibly installing and removing packages.
 build-dep    - Install the build-dependencies of packages.
 forget-new   - Forget what packages are "new".
 search       - Search for a package by name and/or expression.
 show         - Display detailed information about a package.
 versions     - Displays the versions of specified packages.
 clean        - Erase downloaded package files.
 autoclean    - Erase old downloaded package files.
 changelog    - View a package's changelog.
 download     - Download the .deb file for a package.
 reinstall    - Download and (possibly) reinstall a currently installed package.
 why          - Show the manually installed packages that require a package, or
                why one or more packages would require the given package.
 why-not      - Show the manually installed packages that lead to a conflict
                with the given package, or why one or more packages would
                lead to a conflict with the given package if installed.

  Options:
 -h             This help text.
 --no-gui       Do not use the GTK GUI even if available.
 -s             Simulate actions, but do not actually perform them.
 -d             Only download packages, do not install or remove anything.
 -P             Always prompt for confirmation of actions.
 -y             Assume that the answer to simple yes/no questions is 'yes'.
 -F format      Specify a format for displaying search results; see the manual.
 -O order       Specify how search results should be sorted; see the manual.
 -w width       Specify the display width for formatting search results.
 -f             Aggressively try to fix broken packages.
 -V             Show which versions of packages are to be installed.
 -D             Show the dependencies of automatically changed packages.
 -Z             Show the change in installed size of each package.
 -v             Display extra information. (may be supplied multiple times).
 -t [release]   Set the release from which packages should be installed.
 -q             In command-line mode, suppress the incremental progress
                indicators.
 -o key=val     Directly set the configuration option named 'key'.
 --with(out)-recommends Specify whether or not to treat recommends as
                strong dependencies.
 -S fname       Read the aptitude extended status info from fname.
 -u             Download new package lists on startup.
                  (terminal interface only)
 -i             Perform an install run on startup.
                  (terminal interface only)

                  This aptitude does not have Super Cow Powers.