apt metadata

[Derek Broughton]

Jan Claeys wrote:

> Op di, 28-03-2006 te 14:54 +0000, schreef Reinhard Tartler:
>> Rocco Stanzione wrote:
>> > As far as i can tell, apt doesn't provide a way to see the changelog of
>> > a pending update.
>> 
>> Have you taken a look at 'aptitude changelog <package>' and the package
>> 'apt-listchanges'?
> 
> And the relevant option in Synaptic's "Package" menu...
> (Which maybe uses 'apt-listchanges'?)

I _think_ that one just looks inside the installed package, so would maybe
not be useful for checking something out before downloading.

Can anyone confirm that?
-- 
derek