Re: getting a list of potential package updates.

From: Aurélien Campéas (aurelien.campeas_at_uni.lu)
Date: 04/20/05

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    To: Franki <franki@htmlfixit.com>
    Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:03:57 +0200
    
    

    Le jeudi 21 avril 2005 à 01:02 +0800, Franki a écrit :
    > Hi guys,
    >
    > Is it possible via apt-get update/upgrade to get a list of all the
    > packages that would be updated without actually updating anything?
    >
    > I looked at the man page, but nothing stuck out to me.

    duh, re-read it

    --dry-run

    or

    --no-act

    or you can just type C^c after you launched the upgrade command to see
    the intent ...

    You learn to write as if to someone else because NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE
    "SOMEONE ELSE."

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