Re: debian/NEWS.Debian / apt-listchanges woes

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

On 12 March 2005 at 11:30, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| Ok, so I just did the following
| 
| 1) Run 'wajig reconfigure apt-listchanges' to ensure apt-listchanges shows
|    everything, even on versions we've seen before
| 2) 'wajig purge r-gnome'
| 3) 'wajig install r-gnome' and verify with -t that this does use apt
|    underneath. 

Sorry, forgot this to be more explicit:

4) Scratch my head because even though 3) uses apt-get and 1) ensure NEWS
   should be mailed to me, and 2) ensure it is a fresh package install, I get
   nothing. 

Dirk

| I do get NEWS mailed on some of my machines, but am puzzled as to why I don't
| see it everywhere.
| 
| Regards, Dirk
| 
| -- 
| Better to have an approximate answer to the right question than a precise 
| answer to the wrong question.  --  John Tukey as quoted by John Chambers

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