apt-listdifferences(1)

apt-listdifferences1

Source differences notification tool

Usage

apt-listdifferences [{--apt | --initialize | <list of package names>}]

Overview

apt-listdifferences will show the differences, or patch, between the sources for all packages as they get updated. This makes it possible to easily review source changes that have been included in new Debian package updates.

Options

--apt, expect a list of packages, one per line, on stdin
--initialize, download source database based on existing installed packages
<list of packages>, a list of Debian package files to use as reference

Releases

Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).

  1. 8–13

Author

Michael Gilbert <[email protected]>

From apt-listdifferences 1.20230122 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.