changelogs are often not available with updates
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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aptitude (Debian) |
Incomplete
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Unknown
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aptitude (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: aptitude
Upgrading jaunty, but I have seen this in all releases of Ubuntu.
90% of available updates fail to retrieve a changelog when "C" is pressed. They exist, since I can read them in /usr/share/doc after installation. It is important to know what changes are made before upgrading. I know update-manager provides a link in this case. I don't propose this as a solution, though, since a typical sys admin would not want to be messing around with links2 and a launchpad link when he/she just needs a few characters plain text to describe a change.
To reproduce:
1) wait until updates are available
2) select an upgradable package
3) press "C" to retrieve changelog
4 expected) changelog displayed
5) actual, in most cases) changelog not found.
Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in aptitude (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in aptitude (Debian): | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
About 50 packages in Lucid have not their changelogs on the server.
https:/ /answers. launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ aptitude/ +question/ 96541