Asmodehn wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am looking for advises...
> 
> I am planning to write some script to automate the
> maintenance of packages on a machine. The goal is to have
> always the latest version of packages installed if possible,
> otherwise fallback to the last stable version. I am using
> pkg_chk, and therefore I have a list of the packages I want
> to have and maintain on my machine in a pkgchk.conf

I've been using pkgmanager (1) for some weeks now, and like it a 
lot. I don't think it does everything on your list but maybe it 
could be a starting point for you.

(1) http://www.scode.org/pkgmanager/