Re: Increasing the verbosity of "apt-get"

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:04:23 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 07:15:02PM +0000, Camaleón wrote:

>> I wonder if it is possible to increase the verbosity of "apt-get"
>> console output.

(...)
 
> As for using apt-get, you may think about using "-s" first.  "apt-cache
> policy ..." may be your friend.
> 
> For such interactive package relationship browsing etc, aptitude does
> better job.

Thanks. I was told so in the Spanish mailing list. I will take a deeper 
look into "aptitude" and its options.

While making some tests, I've noted that "apt-get -V --print-uris dist-
upgrade" does not print the data source, it needs to be runned in 
simulation mode with "-s" (and so says "man" page) but it would be very 
useful -for people dealing with several repositories and data sources- to 
have that information available also at runtime so users can be sure 
about the origin of the packages before installing them.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón