Re: how to view changelogs?
On Sat, 2003-06-21 at 11:04, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 04:09:39AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > > After i do a 'apt-get update', Is there a convenient tool to look at
> > > what has changed in the updated packages, before downloading the
> > > packages and installing them?
> >
> > There certainly is. It's called apt-listchanges. It does exactly what
> > you're asking.
>
> It really doesn't, though. He wants to see the changelogs before
> *downloading* the packages, which is entirely reasonable.
> apt-listchanges only does its thing after the packages have been
> downloaded.
>
> Unfortunately, that's pretty much the only way to go. Personally I
> can't believe there's still no way to view package changelogs on the
> web.
I think they might be on the developper page for the package, under the
latest news heading.
Bijan
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