> Someone gave the idea for listing the directory > /usr/share/doc and sorting that by date. Every package > has a folder under /usr/share/doc. That works for me... > is there some need you have that this doesn't satisfy?
That's probably not a reliable approach since users like me frequently wander into /usr/share/doc/* and do stuff like decompress README files and such, changing the timestamps on the directories in question as a side effect. On the other hand, since humans usually have no business wandering around in /var/lib/dpkg/info, the suggestion about using the timestamps on the /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files is reasonable, and it seems to be the semi-official workaround to this APT deficiency, according to at least one item I dogpiled. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss