-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/05/07 15:59, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-08-05 21:56:00 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Vincent Lefevre, 05.08.2007 20:36: >>> Is there a replacement for apt-listchanges, not written in python? >> Not that I knew of. What’s the problem with apt-listchanges written >> in Python? > > Python breaks too often (at least on Debian). The problem is that in
???? Can you be more specific. It's been a while since I've seen it break. > case of such error, the error (though detectable) is ignored and the > packages are installed without any user confirmation. Displaying the > contents of new information of the NEWS file before the installation > of packages is very important, as there may be critical changes (there > have been such changes in exim4, but also in X11-related packages, > where old[*] drivers may have been removed). > > Now, it seems that modifying /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges should > be a workaround (but I'm not very confident in such user-side changes, > as sooner or later they often lead to problems). > > [*] but still necessary under some conditions. > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGtkboS9HxQb37XmcRAoN4AKCrZUjpqtzq1VG96AuWsGeFkmP7SACdEewL dXh0aup0jO7nkY4t4lpyy00= =7Pws -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]