Package: apt Version: 0.8.16~exp8 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream When you run `apt-get update`, it will shows something like this: "(...) Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main Translation-en Get:66 ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main Translation-fr Ign ftp://ftp.debian.org experimental/main Translation-fr Reading package lists... Done "
It reads package lists but does not tell anything about available updates. Then, usually, you run `apt-get upgrade` thats prints something like this: " Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: ffmpeg2theora libhsqldb-java php-pear php5-cgi php5-cli php5-common php5-fpm php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-pgsql python-numpy 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded. " So currently, you have to run `upgrade`, even if the only thing that you want to know is if there are new updates or not. It will be useful to add at the end of `update` output (after "Reading package lists... Done") something like : "There are 12 updates available for your packages: ffmpeg2theora libhsqldb-java php-pear php5-cgi php5-cli php5-common php5-fpm php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-pgsql python-numpy " This way, you do not have to run an extra command to get the information. As the first thing done by `upgrade` is also to read package lists, perhaps some code from `upgrade` could be reused to achieve this. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "false"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "amd64"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::solvers ""; Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/cdrom"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$"; Acquire ""; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom"; Acquire::Languages ""; Acquire::Languages:: "en"; Acquire::Languages:: "none"; Acquire::Languages:: "fr"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,label=Debian-Security,archive=stable"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release n=testing Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release n=unstable Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release n=experimental Pin-Priority: 500 #Package: ifupdown #Pin: version 0.6.10 #Pin-Priority: 1001 #Package: wpasupplicant #Pin: version 0.6.10-2.1 #Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: bash-completion Pin: version 1:1.3-1 Pin-Priority: 1001 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- #deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ unstable main deb ftp://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main #### Edmond's repository #deb http://www.edmondweblog.com/repo/ binary/ -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers experimental APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2011.10.23 ii gnupg 1.4.11-3 ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.8.16~exp8 ii libc6 2.13-24 ii libgcc1 1:4.7-20111231-1 ii libstdc++6 4.7-20111231-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.5.dfsg-1 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none> pn bzip2 1.0.6-1 pn dpkg-dev 1.16.1.2 pn lzma <none> pn python-apt <none> -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
