OOPS sorry for the direct mail Matthew. Matthew Lenz wrote:
is there a set of command parameters to aptitude or the apt-* utils to just output which packages have updates available? i'd like something like "aptitude -V -n dist-upgrade" .. where -n is default 'no' to all questions. But -n doesn't exist from what I can see. :) -Matt
apt-get -s dist-upgrade will simulate the upgrade. Not sure about aptitude, but I guess it will have a similar flag. HTH Wackojacko