Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management
On 01/14/2014 12:05 PM, Tanstaafl wrote:
On 2014-01-03 9:18 AM, Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> wrote:
emerge --pretend -vuDN world
results in a list of all available updates, as well as any dependencies
that would be installed, which I can then pick and choose from. I
usually wait until newly available updates have been available for at
least a few days before installing them, to avoid nasty surprises.
apt-get -s dist-upgrade
Um... it looks like this actually performs the update?
I want to see what updates would be applied, but NOT apply them yet.
That is what the --pretend flag in gentoo does (actually the short
version is 'emerge -pvuDN world')...
are there man pages in gentoo :) ?
man apt-get
-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur
but do not actually change the system. Configuration Item:
APT::Get::Simulate.
Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically
deactivate locking (Debug::NoLocking), and if the option
APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note is set (as it is by default) a
notice will also
be displayed indicating that this is only a simulation. Runs
performed as root do not trigger either NoLocking or the notice -
superusers should know what they are doing without further warnings
from apt-get.
Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each
representing a dpkg operation: configure (Conf), remove (Remv) or unpack
(Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and empty square
brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare).
Regards,
Alex
Reply to: