Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:18:46 + Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:00:43AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > > Another possibility would be looking at the dates on the files for > > the package in /var/lib/dpkg/info. > > Oh yes, the *.list files would do that. (A

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 07:00:07PM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: > Hello Rob! > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:33:57AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:13:00PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > > I'm sorry, but there's no facility in dpkg to log installations at the > > > moment:

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:33:57AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:13:00PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > I'm sorry, but there's no facility in dpkg to log installations at the > > moment: it's a long-standing enhancement request. You either have to do > > it yourself, or us

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Rob! On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:33:57AM -0600, Rob VanFleet wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:13:00PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > I'm sorry, but there's no facility in dpkg to log installations at the > > moment: it's a long-standing enhancement request. You either have to do > > it you

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:13:00PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:50:26PM +1000, Peter A. Cole wrote: > > I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use > > dpkg to verify the fact that it's installed, but I can't seem to find > > a way to display *when

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:00:43AM -0500, Chris Metzler wrote: > Another possibility would be looking at the dates on the files for > the package in /var/lib/dpkg/info. Oh yes, the *.list files would do that. (A bit of experimentation suggests that the others bear the build date rather than the in

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Jaume
Peter A. Cole bigpond.com> writes: > > Hi all, > > I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use dpkg to > verify the fact that it's installed, > but I can't seem to find a way to display *when* it was installed. > > Any hints? Or am I missing something obvious in a manp

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Chris Metzler
On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:13:00 + Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:50:26PM +1000, Peter A. Cole wrote: >> I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use >> dpkg to verify the fact that it's installed, but I can't seem to find >> a way to disp

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:21:03 +1000 "Peter A. Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:13:00 + > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm sorry, but there's no facility in dpkg to log installations at the > > moment: it's a long-standing enhancement request. You

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:13:00 + Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sorry, but there's no facility in dpkg to log installations at the > moment: it's a long-standing enhancement request. You either have to do > it yourself, or use aptitude which I believe has installation logging >

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:50:26PM +1000, Peter A. Cole wrote: > I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use > dpkg to verify the fact that it's installed, but I can't seem to find > a way to display *when* it was installed. > > Any hints? Or am I missing something obvious

Re: How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 21:50:26 +1000 "Peter A. Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use dpkg to verify > the fact that it's installed, but I can't seem to find a way to display *when* it > was installed. > > Any hints? Or

How to find WHEN a package was installed

2004-03-01 Thread Peter A. Cole
Hi all, I need to find out when my perl version was upgraded, and I can use dpkg to verify the fact that it's installed, but I can't seem to find a way to display *when* it was installed. Any hints? Or am I missing something obvious in a manpage or something? Pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t