Terse and sweet. I'll try it out. Thanks. Kirk Reiser writes: > From: Kirk Reiser <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> > > Okay I believe you can just see a list of the packages which would be > upgraded without actually doing it with: > > apt-get -s dist-upgrade > > I believe you can see the list when doing the upgrade with: > > apt-get -u dist-upgrade > > You can see a list of all the packages installed on your system with: > > dpkg -l > > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175