Bug#698311: marked as done (/usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions)

To: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#698311: marked as done (/usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions)
From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:09:25 +0000
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Your message dated Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:07:53 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#698311: /usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions
has caused the Debian Bug report #698311,
regarding /usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions
to be marked as done.

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To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: /usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions
From: folkert <folkert@vanheusden.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:43:30 +0100
Message-id: <20130116194330.13848.23884.reportbug@belle.intranet.vanheusden.com>

Package: apt
Version: 0.9.5.1
Severity: wishlist
File: /usr/bin/apt-get


Hi,

It would be helpfull if apt-get would emit a list of actions that are required for the sysop to execute.
E.g. you need to adjust this or that file under /etc as this or that has changed. Or you need to rebuild a database.
Yes, an admin could go through the changelogs in the doc-directories of each installed/upgraded package but that is error-prone and it would be so much easier if (especially after an apt-get (dist-)upgrade) a report would be emitted (preferably to a file) indicating all required actions per package.


Regards,



-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

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-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

#deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20101028T154916Z/ experimental main
#deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20101118T214014Z/ experimental main

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://debian-multimedia.org/ stable main

deb http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/debian/stable/ lenny contrib

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring        2012.4     GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  gnupg                         1.4.12-7   GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii  libapt-pkg4.12                0.9.5.1    package managment runtime library
ii  libc6                         2.13-33    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.7.2-4  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.7.2-4    GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc            <none>                (no description available)
ii  aptitude           0.6.7-1               terminal-based package manager
ii  dpkg-dev           1.15.8.10             Debian package development tools
ii  python-apt         0.8.4                 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii  synaptic           0.75.11               Graphical package manager
ii  xz-utils           5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 XZ-format compression utilities

-- no debconf information

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To: folkert <folkert@vanheusden.com>, 698311-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#698311: /usr/bin/apt-get: should emit summary of required actions

From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>

Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:07:53 +0200

Message-id: <20150818140644.GA9911@debian.org>

In-reply-to: <20130116194330.13848.23884.reportbug@belle.intranet.vanheusden.com>

References: <20130116194330.13848.23884.reportbug@belle.intranet.vanheusden.com>
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:43:30PM +0100, folkert wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.9.5.1
> Severity: wishlist
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It would be helpfull if apt-get would emit a list of actions that are required for the sysop to execute.
> E.g. you need to adjust this or that file under /etc as this or that has changed. Or you need to rebuild a database.
> Yes, an admin could go through the changelogs in the doc-directories of each installed/upgraded package but that is error-prone and it would be so much easier if (especially after an apt-get (dist-)upgrade) a report would be emitted (preferably to a file) indicating all required actions per package.

That's not possible. But you can use apt-listchanges (which runs before
the upgrade) to display NEWS entries, which should document that stuff.

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