Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1
Followup-For: Bug #525803
Hi, I use package apt-listchanges here to display the NEWS.Debian file during
package
upgrades. I think it provides the desired behavior of this wish.
$ dpkg -l apt-listchanges | grep ^ii
ii apt-listchanges 2.83 package change history notification tool
-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.11 compiled at Dec 5 2008 10:17:51
Compiler: g++ 4.3.2
Compiled against:
apt version 4.6.0
NCurses version 5.6
libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
Ept support enabled.
Current library versions:
NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20081213
cwidget version: 0.5.12
Apt version: 4.6.0
libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6
(0x40026000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x400fc000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x40140000)
libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x4014c000)
libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x4022c000)
libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x402c6000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x4044a000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40467000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x40485000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4057a000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x405f2000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40603000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x4072d000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40738000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
Terminal: xterm
$DISPLAY not set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude linkage:
*** /tmp/reportbug-aptitude-20091206-3642-KdqGme
Subject: Re: aptitude: should be able to display NEWS.Debian
Followup-For: Bug #525803
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1~lenny1
Hi, I use package apt-listchanges here to display the NEWS.Debian file during
package upgrades. I think it provides the desired behavior of this wish.
$ dpkg -l apt-listchanges | grep ^ii
ii apt-listchanges 2.83 package change history notification tool
-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.11 compiled at Dec 5 2008 10:17:51
Compiler: g++ 4.3.2
Compiled against:
apt version 4.6.0
NCurses version 5.6
libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
Ept support enabled.
Current library versions:
NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20081213
cwidget version: 0.5.12
Apt version: 4.6.0
libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6
(0x40026000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0x400fc000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x40140000)
libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0x4014c000)
libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0x4022c000)
libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0x402c6000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x4044a000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x40467000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x40485000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4057a000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x405f2000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40603000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1 (0x4072d000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x40738000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
Terminal: xterm
$DISPLAY not set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude linkage:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: arm (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-ixp4xx
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcwidget3 0.5.12-4 high-level terminal interface libr
ii libept0 0.5.22 High-level library for managing De
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.18-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxapian15 1.0.7-4 Search engine library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available)
pn libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn debtags <none> (no description available)
ii tasksel 2.78 Tool for selecting tasks for insta
-- no debconf information
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: arm (armv5tel)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-ixp4xx
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcwidget3 0.5.12-4 high-level terminal interface libr
ii libept0 0.5.22 High-level library for managing De
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.18-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1.1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxapian15 1.0.7-4 Search engine library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available)
pn libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn debtags <none> (no description available)
ii tasksel 2.78 Tool for selecting tasks for insta
-- no debconf information
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