RE: just show which packages have updates available?
Or use apti-cron, VERY COOL, sends you an e-mail every day with new
updates and their changelogs.
-----Original Message-----
From: Felix C. Stegerman [mailto:flx@hccnet.nl]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:32 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: just show which packages have updates available?
On 2005-10-24 10:34:19, 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
Hi,
You could use -P to force a prompt and use
# echo n | aptitude -P -s <command>
to simulate <command> and say no, e.g.
# echo n | aptitude -P -s upgrade
Felix
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