On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 02:24:32PM +0900, Ryo IGARASHI wrote: > If you use aptitude, push 'C' in the package description pane > will give you the changelog. Alternately(I prefer), you can use > "apt-listchanges" package, which will prompt you the changelog diff > *before* actually upgrading packages.
I don't use aptitude(*), and apt-listchanges only shows you the changes AFTER you say Y to start the upgrade...doesn't give you the option to change your mind after you've read the changes. i do routinely use 'apt-cache show' to examine the details of various packages, including the Description. (*) i'm probably one of the last remaining dselect users, and i rarely ever run that any more. aptitude is a huge improvement over dselect but there's just way too many packages to wade through in either dselect or aptitude. when building a new debian box, i tend to just install the base system and 'apt-get install' the packages i need, or use 'dpkg --get-selections "*"' and 'dpkg --set-selections' to clone the list of packages to install from one system to another. craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
