Re: Anyone using apt-listchanges?

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:29:12 -0400, 
Derrick 'dman' Hudson <dman@dman13.dyndns.org> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20031009192912.GA19417@dman13.dyndns.org>:

> I'm using it.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 11:20:07AM -0700, moseley@hank.org wrote:
> | I'd like to look at the change log of a package before installing
> | it. I installed apt-listchanges, but it seems like I have to
> | download the .deb first.  Is that true?
> 
> True.  The changelog is only available in the .deb file.  Naturally
> you can't look at info you don't have, so you must download the .deb
> before you can see the changes.  (ISTR some wishlist bugs filed
> against packages.d.o to allow viewing of changelogs without
> downloading the .debs but that hasn't been developed yet)
> 
> | I'm not clear how to use apt-listchanges.  Can it be integrated into
> | 
> | apt-get?
> 
> Yes.  Install the package and see for yourself:
>     --- /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges
>     DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs { "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test
>     $? -ne 10"; };
>     DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
> 
> After downloading the packages but before installing them, apt will
> run apt-listchanges.  It will enumerate all the changes since the
> version you have installed and feed it to $PAGER.  When $PAGER
> terminates, apt-listchanges will ask whether or not you still want to
> continue with the installation.  If you say "no" then it terminates
> with an error code to tell apt not to proceed.
> 
> | I do know about http://people.debian.org/~noel/changelogs/
> 
> I didn't.  Hmm, if I write a suitable cgi script now, then aptitude
> will be able to display the changelogs on-demand (without downloading
> the .deb).

..url for us guinea pigs?  ;-)

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