Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 iun 11, 19:32:13, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Additional to this, my suggestion: ... 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to handle this somehow, not sure) Why would I care about

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/06/11 03:32, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: Additional to this, my suggestion: snipped 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to handle this somehow, not sure) What's wrong with:- # apt-get

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-16 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le Wednesday 15 June 2011 19:32:13 Hans-J. Ullrich, vous avez écrit : Additional to this, my suggestion: My suggestions : around aptitude. 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded. aptitude changelog (you need deb-src sources in /etc/apt/source.list). or

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-16 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 18:32:13 Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to handle this somehow, not sure) aptitude gives me that by default. It lists the packages that

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-16 Thread Nicolas Bercher
On 15/06/2011 19:32, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded. When invoking aptitude from the command line, and when aptitude asks you if you agree with the things to install/remove*, you can type 'c package_name' to see the Debian

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-15 Thread Hans-J. Ullrich
Additional to this, my suggestion: 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded. 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to handle this somehow, not sure) 3.

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-15 Thread Peter Wiersig
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:32:13 +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich hans.ullr...@loop.de wrote: Additional to this, my suggestion: 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded. apt-listchanges 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first