On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:03 PM, William Hopkins <we.hopk...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On 07/01/11 at 09:44am, alberto fuentes wrote: > > This would be handy to checkout messed up systems to be able to tell > apart > > easily whats has been touched. > > > > Is there already something that makes this? > > comparing dpkg --get-selections before and after is an easy way to see what > new > packages have been installed, which have been upgraded, etc. But you > *should* > be paying attention during the upgrade process. > > dpkg will already prompt you to view a diff of a config file that is to be > changed if you have a modified version installed. > > If you need anything more granular than this, perhaps install tripwire. > I think you misunderstood what I was asking. I wanted to check out the diff from the configuration file of a package from both its versions, installed and original packaged, to be able to tell whats been touched (added + deleted) :) greets! aL
