Re: changelog.Debian and APT

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 07:52:36PM -0200, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  as far as I can see, there's no way to read the changelog.Debian file
>  before I install the packages if I'm using dselect, right?
> 
>  The best way to do that would be to use apt-get -d install package,
>  then open the .deb and read the file... Am I wrong?
> 
>  I'd like to be able to know what the changes are before upgrading a
>  package...
> 
> J.

Here's one way... Add to your .bashrc, then give it a package name.

changelog() {
[ $# = 1 ] && lynx http://master.debian.org/cgi-bin/get-changelog\?package=$1
}

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