Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 20 Dec 2000 17:44:41 +0000 From mdz@alcor.net Wed Dec 20 11:44:41 2000 Return-path: Received: from mail5.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.93] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 148nI9-00045X-00; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:44:41 -0600 Received: from mizar.alcor.net (adsl-214-36-45.asm.bellsouth.net [209.214.36.45]) by mail5.atl.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id MAA04693 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:47:45 -0500 (EST) Received: from mdz by mizar.alcor.net with local (Exim 3.20 #1 (Debian)) id 148nI4-0000IJ-00 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:44:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:44:36 -0500 From: Matt Zimmerman To: Debian Bug Tracking System Subject: Pre-Download hook Message-ID: <20001220124429.A1121@alcor.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i X-Reportbug-Version: 1.7 Sender: Matt Zimmerman Delivered-To: submit@bugs.debian.org Package: apt Version: 0.4.7 Severity: wishlist It would be nice to have a hook that would run before downloading any packages, and be fed a pipeline of package info (version 1 or version 2, like DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs). This would allow something like apt-listchanges to gather and display changelog information before any packages are downloaded, once a facility exists for doing so. -- System Information Debian Release: woody Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux mizar 2.2.17 #1 Tue Sep 5 21:11:43 EDT 2000 i686 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library -- - mdz