Re: List of upgradable packages, version numbers and changelog?

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2011-09-05, Markus Fischer <markus@fischer.name> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how can I get a list of all upgradable packages, their current and 
> future version numbers and the ChangeLog?
>
> I can get the list of packages and the version numbers from 
> apt-show-versions:
>
> $ apt-show-versions -u
> apache2/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2-mpm-worker/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2-utils/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2.2-bin/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2.2-common/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
>
> But how can I get the ChangeLog of these packages?
>
> I'm also aware of apt-listchanges which I installed and configured to 
> automatically run when I upgrade the packages.
>
> However, I want to get the packages/versions/ChangeLog without actually 
> doing the upgrade itself, i.e. I don't want to use super user privileges 
> for any of the actions (this also rules out auto-downloading the 
> packages the usual ap-get way).
>
>  From reading the apt-listchanges page I get the impression I can 
> somehow get the ChangeLog, but it talks about a pipeline to use and it 
> does not state how this is supposed to work?
>
> thanks,
> - Markus
>
>

Do you use aptitude? The 'changelog' subcommand will fetch and display
the Debian changelog in your pager, e.g.,

	$ aptitude changelog apache2

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland