Have you ever used apt-listchanges? Sound like just what you are looking for.
Scott Package: apt-listchanges Version: 2.57 Priority: optional Section: utils Maintainer: Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Depends: python (>= 2.3), apt (>= 0.5.3), python-apt, debconf, ucf (>= 0.28), debianutils (>= 2.0.2) Suggests: x-terminal-emulator, www-browser Architecture: all Filename: pool/unstable/main/amd64/a/apt-listchanges/apt-listchanges_2.57_all.deb Size: 47688 MD5sum: a45613f74fe271afb4e6e8f10e09627e Description: Display change history from .deb archives apt-listchanges is a tool to show what has been changed in a new version of a Debian package, as compared to the version currently installed on the system. It does this by extracting the relevant entries from the Debian changelog file, and the NEWS.Debian file. . It can be run on several .deb archives at a time to get a list of all of the changes that would be effected by installing or upgrading a group of packages. It can be configured to do this automatically during upgrades using apt. installed-size: 336 On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 04:04:14PM -0800, Larry Doolittle wrote: > Let me assure everyone before I start that I'm really happy with > debain pure64. Fast and solid. > > Most of the time, when I see a package ready to download with > apt-get upgrade, I can go to packages.debian.org, and find out > what changed and why. Every now and then, that doesn't work. > > Today, for instance, I see netbase is ready to upgrade, from > version 4.19 to version 4.20. The trouble is, looking at > packages.debian.org, the changelog only goes up to 4.19. > Now, netbase is kind of an important package, and I'd like > a way to read about the changes before I load it up. > > Another particular example is kernel-image-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8, > which doesn't even show up on packages.debian.org. > In that case, I downloaded the source package, and buried in > there I did indeed find a changelog that appeared up-to-date > (although with a typo in it). > > Do these changelogs appear on the net anywhere, in a way > such that I can avoid downloading the source every time? > This isn't Gentoo! > > - Larry -- -- Scott M. Ransom Address: NRAO Phone: (434) 296-0320 520 Edgemont Rd. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA GPG Fingerprint: 06A9 9553 78BE 16DB 407B FFCA 9BFA B6FF FFD3 2989 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]