On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:10:46 +0100 Nigel Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Nigel, > Yes I agree, but apt doesn't save any log's, and there is > no /var/log/apt file. I know that aptitude, it you're using it, saves > a log. I use neither apt nor aptitude, and dates on file s in /var/log/apt/ indicate that they've been updated today, when I last performed an update. -rw------- 1 root root 5071 2008-12-01 13:14 term.log -rw------- 1 root root 7185 2008-11-27 03:27 term.log.1.gz -rw------- 1 root root 11529 2008-10-31 15:31 term.log.2.gz -rw------- 1 root root 8789 2008-09-29 17:06 term.log.3.gz -rw------- 1 root root 13154 2008-08-31 18:57 term.log.4.gz -rw------- 1 root root 27682 2008-07-31 11:23 term.log.5.gz -rw------- 1 root root 17488 2008-06-29 13:37 term.log.6.gz The first being today's update, and others being relevant months data archived. Files listed in term.log tally with those that got updated today. > This is very puzzling, and have just posted to the synaptic mailing > list about this hard to find history file. You're not wrong there. :-) > This is all a bit academic, but it would be nice to find out where > Synaptic's history file is saved on the harddrive. Certainly, a definitive answer as to where the logs are would be nice. {time passes} And I see Thilo Six has provided one. I'm puzzled now as to why I've got the files listed above. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Sign away your life Tin Soldiers - Stiff Little Fingers
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