THANK YOU. Finally, an answer that I can use. I will look into contributing towards this package.
-- Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmer, Powells Internet Division "I respect a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he is wrong." - Malcolm X On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:06:18PM -0800, Erik Hollensbe wrote: > > > apt-get and it's kin need more simple getopt-style flags that allow > > overriding of certain things, mainly conflicts. Also, an option to > > actually view what's being upgraded before you download 250 packages that > > are only going to break your system would be nice as well. > > I assume you already are using apt-get's -u/--show-upgraded flag. Beyond > that, > check out apt-listchanges, in the package of the same name. Currently, you > need to download the .deb's first, but even if there is a breakage, you would > have ended up downloading them eventually anyway. Eventually, apt-listchanges > will be able to show changelogs before downloading any packages. > >
