On 2011-09-05, Markus Fischer <mar...@fischer.name> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how can I get a list of all upgradable packages, their current and
> future version numbers and the ChangeLog?
>
> I can get the list of packages and the version numbers from
> apt-show-versions:
>
> $ apt-show-versions -u
> apache2/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2-mpm-worker/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2-utils/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2.2-bin/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
> apache2.2-common/squeeze upgradeable from 2.2.16-6+squeeze1 to
> 2.2.16-6+squeeze2
>
> But how can I get the ChangeLog of these packages?
>
> I'm also aware of apt-listchanges which I installed and configured to
> automatically run when I upgrade the packages.
>
> However, I want to get the packages/versions/ChangeLog without actually
> doing the upgrade itself, i.e. I don't want to use super user privileges
> for any of the actions (this also rules out auto-downloading the
> packages the usual ap-get way).
>
> From reading the apt-listchanges page I get the impression I can
> somehow get the ChangeLog, but it talks about a pipeline to use and it
> does not state how this is supposed to work?
>
> thanks,
> - Markus
>
>
Do you use aptitude? The 'changelog' subcommand will fetch and display
the Debian changelog in your pager, e.g.,
$ aptitude changelog apache2
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Liam O'Toole
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