Re: apt-listchanges

On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 17:17, Bart Garst wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to use apt-listchanges.
>
> I want to see a list of changes *before* the packages are upgraded.
> According to the documentation, apt-listchanges should do just that.
>
> I ran `dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges` but I didn't see the question
> that asks "Should apt-listchanges be automatically run by apt?".
>
> >From the apt-listchanges man-page I read: "--apt Read filenames from
> a specially-formatted pipeline..."
>
> That makes it sound like this should work:
> `apt-get upgrade | apt-listchanges --apt`
>
> That command gives the following error:
> Wrong or missing VERSION from apt pipeline
> (is Dpkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version set to 2?)
>
> `apt-config dump` shows that it is set to version 2.
>


I found the problem.

Turns out I had it configured correctly all along. I was getting the
errors because I was using the '-s' with upgrade (I had recently
recovered from a upgrade breakage and was reluctant to have it happen
again).

Bart

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