On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 02:13:25PM +0100, Ricardo Diz wrote: > This might have an obvious answer, but I couldn't figure it out > myself. Is there an easy way to seethe changelog of a new package > without installing it on my system? The purpose of this is to know if > I'm interested on upgrading the package or not.
Not exactly but use download only and see change log. Also look at: -s option in apt-get -u option in apt-get http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp and $ apt-get install apt-howto/unstable $ man apt-get $ man apt-cache $ man apt_preferences > BTW, I know I can put a package on hold using dpkg --force-hold, but I do not > know how (or if it is possible) to see which packages are on hold and how to > remove the hold option. use dselect -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
