Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?
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On 08/05/07 15:59, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-05 21:56:00 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:
>> Vincent Lefevre, 05.08.2007 20:36:
>>> Is there a replacement for apt-listchanges, not written in python?
>> Not that I knew of. What’s the problem with apt-listchanges written
>> in Python?
>
> Python breaks too often (at least on Debian). The problem is that in
????
Can you be more specific. It's been a while since I've seen it break.
> case of such error, the error (though detectable) is ignored and the
> packages are installed without any user confirmation. Displaying the
> contents of new information of the NEWS file before the installation
> of packages is very important, as there may be critical changes (there
> have been such changes in exim4, but also in X11-related packages,
> where old[*] drivers may have been removed).
>
> Now, it seems that modifying /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges should
> be a workaround (but I'm not very confident in such user-side changes,
> as sooner or later they often lead to problems).
>
> [*] but still necessary under some conditions.
>
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