Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management
Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> 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')...
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.
`----
Grüße,
S°
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