Hello, I use the following line (borrowed from apticron) in a script to generate a list of upgradable packages:
PKGNAMES=`apt-get -q -y -s --ignore-hold --allow-unauthenticated dist-upgrade | \ /bin/grep ^Inst | /usr/bin/cut -d\ -f2 | /usr/bin/sort` Now I would like to do the same with aptitude, so the user may pick which program they prefer to install the available updates. The aptitude equivalent I have come up with so far is: PKGNAMES=`aptitude -v -y -s --allow-untrusted full-upgrade | \ /bin/grep ^Inst | /usr/bin/cut -d\ -f2 | /usr/bin/sort` I figure that probably --allow-untrusted does the same for aptitude as --allow-unauthenticated does for apt-get (?) , however from man aptitude I cannot see anything like apt-get's --ignore-hold option. So my question is: is there a way to include updates to packages put on hold to the output of "aptitude full-upgrade" as in apt-get, that I have been missing, or is this simply not possible? Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. You are an excellent tactician, Captain. You let your second in command attack while you sit and watch for weakness. -- Khan Noonian Singh, "Space Seed", stardate 3141.9