List of upgradable packages, version numbers and changelog?
Hi,
how can I get a list of all upgradable packages, their current and
future version numbers and the ChangeLog?
I can get the list of packages and the version numbers from
apt-show-versions:
$ apt-show-versions -u
apache2/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2-mpm-worker/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2-utils/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2.2-bin/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
2.2.16-6+squeeze2
apache2.2-common/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
2.2.16-6+squeeze2
But how can I get the ChangeLog of these packages?
I'm also aware of apt-listchanges which I installed and configured to
automatically run when I upgrade the packages.
However, I want to get the packages/versions/ChangeLog without actually
doing the upgrade itself, i.e. I don't want to use super user privileges
for any of the actions (this also rules out auto-downloading the
packages the usual ap-get way).
From reading the apt-listchanges page I get the impression I can
somehow get the ChangeLog, but it talks about a pipeline to use and it
does not state how this is supposed to work?
thanks,
- Markus
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