On February 12, 2009 12:54:21 Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:00:43AM -0500, Tim Gokcen wrote: > > I prefer to use the command-line interface to upgrade my packages, using > > "apt-get dist-upgrade". I find that the lists of packages to be > > installed/removed/upgraded hard to read given that they are formatted > > with multiple names per line. > > [...] > > > screen, I find this list almost impossible to read. I would like it if > > apt had a configuration or command-line option, like the 'ls -1' command, > > to show such lists on a one-item-per-line basis. > > You could use the -V option. With this option, the versions of the packages > are shown and each package on one line.
I didn't realize that -V caused the output to be one-per line; that switch is quite an improvement, thanks. Might it be a good idea to mention in the man page for apt-get that package name output will be one-per-line when using -V / APT::Get::Show-Versions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
