--- loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2007/12/04 04:43:24	1.10
+++ loncom/build/CHECKRPMS	2009/07/14 14:36:06	1.11
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#!/usr/bin/perl
 #
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Checks status of RPM packages on system.
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-B<CHECKRPMS> - automated status report about RPMs on a system. 
+B<CHECKRPMS> - automated status report about RPMs (RHEL/Fedora/CentOS/SuSE) 
+               or debs (Debian/Ubuntu) on a system. 
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -41,9 +42,10 @@ The utility which is used to complete th
 
 fedora, rhel 5/5+, centos, scientific - yum
 suse 9.X and sles9 - you
-suse 10.2,10.3 - zypper 
+suse 10.2,10.3,11.1 - zypper 
 sles10,suse10.1 - rug
 rhel 4 - up2date
+debian, ubuntu - apt-get
 others - check-rpms
 
 Created by amalgamating previous distribution-specific CHECKRPMS.dist files (where dist was one of: fedora, rhel, suse, sles10, default).
@@ -89,9 +91,10 @@ if ($distro =~ /^fedora\d+$/) {
     $cmd = 'you';
     &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_you($tmpfile);
-} elsif ($distro =~ /^suse10\.(\d)$/) {
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^suse(\d{2,})\.(\d+)$/) {
     my $version =$1;
-    if ($version > 1) { 
+    my $subversion = $2;
+    if (($version > 10) || (($version == 10) && ($subversion > 1))) { 
         $cmd = 'zypper up';
         &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
         ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_zypper($tmpfile);
@@ -123,6 +126,10 @@ if ($distro =~ /^fedora\d+$/) {
     $cmd = 'yum update';
     &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_yum($tmpfile);
+} elsif ($distro =~ /^(debian|ubuntu)\d+/) {
+    $cmd = 'apt-get upgrade';
+    &prepare_msg($tmpfile,$cmd);
+    ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_apt($tmpfile);
 } else {
     $cmd = '/usr/local/bin/check-rpms --update';
     ($send,$addsubj) = &check_with_checkrpms($tmpfile);
@@ -354,6 +361,51 @@ sub check_with_zypper {
         $sendflag = 1;
     }
     return ($sendflag,$append_to_subj);
+}
+
+sub check_with_apt {
+    my ($tmpfile) = @_;
+    my $apt = '/usr/bin/apt-get';
+    my $sendflag = 0;
+    my $append_to_subj;
+    my $header;
+    my @chg_package;
+    #
+    # Execute apt-get command to update distributions
+    system ("$apt update > /dev/null");
+    my $returnvalue = $?>>8;
+    if ($returnvalue == 0) {
+        # Execute apt-get commands to check for upgrades
+        if (open (PIPE, "$apt -y --dry-run upgrade  2>&1 |")) {
+            my @output=<PIPE>;
+            close(PIPE);
+            chomp(@output);
+            foreach my $line (@output) {
+                $line =~ s/^\s+//;
+                my @items = split(/\s+/,$line);
+                if ($items[0] eq "Inst") {
+                    push(@chg_package,$items[1]);
+                }
+            }
+            if (@chg_package > 0) {
+                $header = 'apt-get upgrade found the following packages need updating:'.
+                          "\n\n";
+                open(TMPFILE,">>$tmpfile");
+                my $message = join("\n",@output);
+                print TMPFILE $header.$message;
+                close(TMPFILE);
+                $append_to_subj= ' deb packages to upgrade';
+                $sendflag = 1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $append_to_subj = ' Error running deb upgrade check';
+            $sendflag = 1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        $append_to_subj = ' Error running deb update check';
+        $sendflag = 1;
+    }
+    return ($sendflag,$append_to_subj);
 }
 
 sub check_with_checkrpms {