On 2020-03-29 at 15:10, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 29 mar 20, 14:47:57, The Wanderer wrote: > >> On my system, when I run >> >> apt-get dist-upgrade >> >> and say "yes" to the list of packages, the following things happen: >> >> * apt-get downloads all the packages, but does not install them yet. >> * apt-listchanges kicks in, automatically extracts and/or downloads the >> necessary changelogs for all the packages just downloaded, and >> presents just the new parts (relative to the already-installed >> package version). >> * After I exit the pager which displays the changelogs, apt-listchanges >> gives me a prompt to confirm whether I want to continue the upgrade >> or not. >> * If I say yes, the upgrade proceeds. If I say no, apt-listchanges >> aborts the upgrade process. >> >> This sounds like exactly what you want, handled purely automatically. Do >> you not get this behavior (or a comparable one) with apt-listchanges >> installed on your system? > > As far as I recall, by default apt-listchanges displays only NEWS items, > not changelogs (which reminds me I should install it on my systems).
If so, that must be a change in defaults from when I installed it. I don't remember ever adjusting configuration in this regard (although that's not an absolutely conclusive data point, as my memory is not perfect). The man page confirms that, though; it says that NEWS is the default, and this can be changed with the 'which' option. Indeed, my /etc/apt/listchanges.conf includes a line reading 'which=both'. For the OP: you might want to try with that setting, and see whether the results match what you want. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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