Re: How can I see only the latest change log of packages before update ?

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

On Tue, 24 Mar, 2020 at 00:35:39 +0200, Anastasios Lisgaras wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My update/upgrade system script is about that :
> sudo apt update && sudo apt list --upgradable -a && sudo apt
> dist-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt autoclean -y &&
> sudo apt clean -y
> 
> But I want for *each* package that has an update available, before I
> update it to see its changes.
> 
> I found for that (maybe) two tools :
> * apt-listchanges
> * changelog
> 
> 1) The "apt-listchanges" tool I cannot understand how it is used
> ```
> apt-listchanges thunderbird
> apt-listchanges: thunderbird does not have '.deb' extension
> ```
> 
> 2) With the "changelog" I got the change logs, but i think i'm not just
> getting the last ones ..
> 
> apt changelog openssh-client : https://pastebin.com/raw/15rCqULj
> apt changelog thunderbird : https://pastebin.com/raw/RdfnwtDD
> 
> 
> I want to see *only* the *latest* change logs for *each* update
> available package.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Tasos
> 

You can do that using aptitude:

	aptitude changelog <package>