On Jul 09, 2005 at 01:14, Nico Golde praised the llamas by saying: > Ok, now I had a look on the log file. > I think apt-history is different. If you want you can see > the same info but the log is a typical logfile. You have to > use grep and other coreutils to get for example the new > version of a package and the displayed version of the > package before because the infos aren't listed in context in > the logfile. It is easier than building the information apt-history > gives out of the logfile. > Example: > > sudo apt-history show upgrade > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade gstreamer0.8-alsa=0.8.8-3 > 0.8.10-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade libbonobo2-common=2.8.1-2 > 2.10.0-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade gnome-desktop-data=2.10.1-2 > 2.10.2-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade libgimp2.0=2.2.7-1 2.2.8-2 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade findutils=4.2.22-1 > 4.2.22-2 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade e2fslibs=1.37+1.38-WIP-0620-1 1.38-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade dselect=1.13.9 1.13.10 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade libgnome-keyring0=0.4.2-1 0.4.3-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade login=1:4.0.3-35 > 1:4.0.3-36 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade zlib1g-dev=1:1.2.2-4 > 1:1.2.2-7 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade libgcrypt11-dev=1.2.0-11.1 1.2.1-1 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade telnet=0.17-29 0.17-30 > 2005-07-09 00:12:03: upgrade libqdbm-dev=1.8.30-1 > 1.8.30-2 > > I think it is a nice little tool to furbish the information so I think > it would be good to have this in the tool chain. > And please correct me if I missed something > Regards Nico > beebo root% grep upgrade /var/log/dpkg.log | tail 2005-07-09 01:17:02 upgrade eog 2.10.0-0.2 2.10.2-0.1 2005-07-09 01:17:09 upgrade gaim 1:1.3.1-2 1:1.4.0-1 2005-07-09 01:17:10 upgrade gaim-data 1:1.3.1-2 1:1.4.0-1 2005-07-09 01:17:14 upgrade gcj 4:4.0.0-1 4:4.0.0-2 2005-07-09 01:17:15 upgrade gij 4:4.0.0-1 4:4.0.0-2 2005-07-09 01:17:19 upgrade libasound2 1.0.9-2 1.0.9-3 2005-07-09 01:17:19 upgrade libsensors3 1:2.9.1-3 1:2.9.1-4 2005-07-09 01:17:20 upgrade ucf 1.18 2.000 2005-07-09 01:17:23 upgrade libavc1394-0 0.5.0-2 0.5.1-1 2005-07-09 01:17:24 upgrade ssh 1:4.1p1-5 1:4.1p1-6
What else am I missing? Does apt-history hook into /etc/apt/apt.conf or just a wrapper around dpkg.log? -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]