On 2023-10-21 Jonathan Kamens <j...@kamens.us> wrote: > On 10/21/23 12:24, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > However I still do not get it. > > * Is there a useful scenario where someone would set save_seen=none in > > the apt stanza? > *shrug* I don't know. That design decision was made long before my time. I > don't see any good reason to change it given that if anybody /is/ taking > advantage of it for whatever reason, then doing so would cause them trouble.
Hello, I have played around a little bit, upgrading a single package, with and without save_seen=none: I could not see a difference in behavior for apt-listchanges 3.x. It showed new changelog entries compared to the installed version even if the same upgrade was previously aborted. With apt-listchanges there is a difference in behavior, with save_seen=none it showed new changelog entries compared to the installed version even on abort (like 3.x), with save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges.db it did not re-show changes if the previous try was aborted. I could *not* reproduce this bug, i.e. apt-listchanges showing older changelog entries than the one installed. Assuming 3.x behavior is correct (see below) I still have no idea what user-visible changes save_seen is supposed to trigger. Is this a performance optimization or an implementation detail? Afaiu apt-listchanges > > * Would I be reshown changelog entries when I had already seen them > > before but aborted the upgrade if save_seen=/var/lib/apt/listchanges > > was set? > In version 3.x of apt-listchanges, if you aborted the update and then ran it > again you would be shown the changes again. In the current 4.x version of > apt-listchanges, you will /not/ be shown the changes again if you abort and > rerun an update. > Your question has prompted me to think further about this and now I'm not > convinced the change in behavior in 4.x is correct. What do you think? Do > you think the program should only "commit" the changes to the database and > not display them again if the user goes through with the update? Yes I think the old behavior is correct. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
