On Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 10:54:02AM -0600, Ken Lauffenburger wrote: > Hello, > > I checked the dpkg man page and the dpkg --help listing but could > not find an answer: > > Is there an option or set of flags that can be passed to dpkg in > order for it to provide a listing of installed packages that have > been updated? I'm assuming there must be since dselect does this > and it's simply a wrapper for dpkg, right? > > I would like to be able to just get the latest Packages.gz file and > check for updates. I'm looking for a list of updated installed > packages, not available (uninstalled) ones.
Sort of, install the "dpkg-mountable" package, and then do this: /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/mountable/updated-packages <status> <avail> where <status> and <avail> are the status and available files - normally /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/lib/dpkg/available This returns a list of packages that you might want to go and FTP - very useful! Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
