Re: Still confused about pure64 package changelogs
Have you ever used apt-listchanges? Sound like just what you
are looking for.
Scott
Package: apt-listchanges
Version: 2.57
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
Depends: python (>= 2.3), apt (>= 0.5.3), python-apt, debconf,
ucf (>= 0.28), debianutils (>= 2.0.2)
Suggests: x-terminal-emulator, www-browser
Architecture: all
Filename:
pool/unstable/main/amd64/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.57_all.deb
Size: 47688
MD5sum: a45613f74fe271afb4e6e8f10e09627e
Description: Display change history from .deb archives
apt-listchanges is a tool to show what has been changed in a
new version of a Debian package, as compared to the version
currently installed on the system. It does this by extracting
the relevant entries from the Debian changelog file, and the
NEWS.Debian file. . It can be run on several .deb archives at
a time to get a list of all of the changes that would be
effected by installing or upgrading a group of packages. It
can be configured to do this automatically during upgrades
using apt.
installed-size: 336
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:04:14PM -0800, Larry Doolittle wrote:
> Let me assure everyone before I start that I'm really happy with
> debain pure64. Fast and solid.
>
> Most of the time, when I see a package ready to download with
> apt-get upgrade, I can go to packages.debian.org, and find out
> what changed and why. Every now and then, that doesn't work.
>
> Today, for instance, I see netbase is ready to upgrade, from
> version 4.19 to version 4.20. The trouble is, looking at
> packages.debian.org, the changelog only goes up to 4.19.
> Now, netbase is kind of an important package, and I'd like
> a way to read about the changes before I load it up.
>
> Another particular example is kernel-image-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8,
> which doesn't even show up on packages.debian.org.
> In that case, I downloaded the source package, and buried in
> there I did indeed find a changelog that appeared up-to-date
> (although with a typo in it).
>
> Do these changelogs appear on the net anywhere, in a way
> such that I can avoid downloading the source every time?
> This isn't Gentoo!
>
> - Larry
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