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authorMartin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>2010-11-09 11:31:47 +0100
committerMartin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>2010-11-09 11:31:47 +0100
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parent0e1945c14bee88013ad03c3b58e088c704f7ffa9 (diff)
* Add cmdline/apt-changelog: Script to fetch package changelog from
changelogs.ubuntu.com. Install it in cmdline/makefile and debian/rules. * Add doc/apt-changelog.1.xml, and install it in debian/rules.
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
+%aptent;
+
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
+%aptverbatiment;
+
+]>
+
+<refentry>
+
+<refentryinfo>
+
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Martin</firstname>
+ <surname>Pitt</surname>
+ <contrib></contrib>
+ </author>
+ &apt-email;
+ &apt-product;
+ <!-- The last update date -->
+ <date>09 November 2010</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>apt-changelog</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <!-- Man page title -->
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>apt-changelog</refname>
+ <refpurpose>APT package changelog retriever</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <!-- Arguments -->
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>apt-changelog</command>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>packagename</replaceable></arg>
+ <group>
+ <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>version</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">candidate</arg>
+ </group>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ <command>apt-changelog</command> downloads a package changelog from
+ <ulink>http://changelogs.ubuntu.com</ulink> and displays it through
+ <command>sensible-pager</command>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ By default it displays the changelog for the version that is installed.
+ However, you can specify a different version as the second argument; if you
+ specify <constant>candidate</constant>, it will fetch the changelog for the
+ latest available version of that package, i. e. the version which you would
+ get with <command>apt-get install <parameter>packagename</parameter></command>.
+ </para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
+<para>
+&apt-get;
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+ &manbugs;
+
+</refentry>
+