Updates Descriptions

davcefai · 12-16-2005, 12:24 AM

I came to Debian from Mandrake because it is a more free distro. Free as in "upgrade without having to buy a new set of discs."

There are some things I miss and one of them is knowing the reasons for an update.

In Mandrake's update tool you get a short description of the reason for the update and a terse changelog. I've not found anything similar in Debian. Is there one?

gruessle · 12-16-2005, 02:01 AM

apt-get update
then
apt-get -u upgrade

Upgrading to a new release:
apt-get -u dist-upgrade

More info:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

HappyTux · 12-16-2005, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davcefai

I came to Debian from Mandrake because it is a more free distro. Free as in "upgrade without having to buy a new set of discs."

There are some things I miss and one of them is knowing the reasons for an update.

In Mandrake's update tool you get a short description of the reason for the update and a terse changelog. I've not found anything similar in Debian. Is there one?

If you are using apt then install apt-listchanges and you will get to see the change logs when updating. I believe it works with aptitude as well and while your at it you may want to install apt-listbugs to check the bug reports.