On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:59:28 -0600 Keith Christian <keith1christ...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On a Wheezy system, I have used aptitude exclusively for > updates/upgrades, etc. Looking for a command line option to use with > aptitude to check whether updates are available for a single arbitrary > package, e.g. "debian-reference-en" for example. ~$ apt-get -s install yelp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done yelp is already the newest version. yelp set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 609 not upgraded. I think that's what you are looking for. The -s option is "simulate". Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141025142835.43f46...@pebble.deldotd.com
