On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:17:16 -0600, goli...@dyne.org wrote in message <b030852ae6d2e62b8c9f935566ced...@dyne.org>:
> I have a quick Synaptic question . . . when you go to history, do the > directories to the left expand in ascii like they used to in jessie? > They are no longer expanding here. Instead a search field has been > added but you have to specify a specific term to get any results. I > have not yet found a way to browse history like I have always done. > I'm trying to figure out if this behavior is local, a bug or a new > 'feature'? And is there a way activate the previous behavior? ..pass, haven't used it in years. .._one_ way to make your own history, is e.g. run "dpkg \ --get-selections >gotten-selections-$(date +%F+%T+%Z) \ &&aptitude||synaptic ||apt-get ||apt-program-du-jour \ &&dpkg --get-selections >gotten-selections-$(date +%F+%T+%Z) " and diff those gotten-selections-* files against each other. ..allows e.g. "cat gotten-selections-2018-01-25+01:04:08+CET \ |dpkg --set-selections " if you mess up something, details in "dpkg --help". .."dpkg -l " is a little less terse than "dpkg --get-selections ", adding version numbers, architecture and a terse description. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
