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Re: dump changelog into a file



On Sun, Nov 16, 2025 at 06:40:25AM +0100, john doe wrote:
> On 11/16/25 05:41, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote:
> > How to dump the changelog displayed when running the command
> > 
> > sudo apt-get upgrade
> > 
> > into a file without actually upgrading the packages?
> > 
> 
> $ apt-get -s upgrade > simulated-upgrade.txt
> 
> Is what you want I guess.

According to the man page, there is also an "apt-get changelog"
subcommand. But the "-s" option is definitely easier to keep
in memory, and potentially more useful (it will tell you about
dependencies which will updated), so...

cheers
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t

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