Re: history of system
On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 17:06 -0500, a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
> On 4/21/05, michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 02:53 -0500, a.list.address@gmail.com wrote:
> > > If you use apt-listchanges, you can have it e-mail you a copy of all
> > > the changes when it makes them, including the changelogs of each
> > > upgraded package.
> >
> > Aha, that sounds good. Just installed it and tested it but no email's
> > appeared :(
>
> You need to run debconf on it and configure it to mail you.
>
Yes, I have got it to email me but it comes out as 'garbage' or at least
as data I do not know how to read (uudecode didn't help). The below
example is for the "news" info, the "changelogs" is same sort of thing
but much longer.
Thanks, Michael
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>From root@ratty Mon Apr 25 15:29:32 2005
Envelope-to: michael@ratty
Delivery-date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:29:32 +0100
Subject: apt-listchanges: news for ratty
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Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:29:32 +0100
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Michael Bane
Atmospheric Physics Group
University of Manchester
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