Re: how can I see version changes using aptitude?

[Matt Baker <m@wheres.co.uk>]

Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 09:36:27PM +0300, Giorgos Pallas wrote:
>> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>>> On 10/13/07, Giorgos Pallas <gpall@ccf.auth.gr> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Hello to everybody!
>>>>
>>>> When I was using synaptic, I remember that it showed the version changes
>>>> for every packet that was to be upgraded.
>>>>
>>>> Where exactly is this information hidden? How can I see it using
>>>> aptitude, or maybe another command-line tool? I searched the internet
>>>> but I can't seem to find something...
>>>>     
>>> Do you want to see the current version number of the packages and the
>>> new version number? You can see that by using aptitude in interactive
>>> mode (invoke "aptitude" instead of "aptitude upgrade").
>>>
>>> If you mean you want to see what changes have been made to the
>>> packages, check out apt-listchanges.
>> OK, apt-listchanges was the answer. Thanks!
> 
> FYI: You should also consider apt-listbugs 
> 
> Why install very buggy package either in command line or interactive
> mode:-)
> 
> Osamu
> 
> 

I like:

aptitude dist-upgrade -DV

That'll show you the version numbers of the packages installed and the
ones replacing them.

Matt