On Friday, 10.11.2006 at 12:40 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 12:12:13PM -0500, Bob Bosiljevac wrote: > > >>Is there a way to tell when a particular package was installed or upgraded > > >>or a way to look at the install/upgrade history of a package on a > > >>particular machine? > > >> > > > > > >If you are using aptitude, then check /var/log/aptitude. > > > > No I do not, but should I be? > > > > I tend to do my upgrades like this: > > > > apt-get update -u > > > > look at the list, and then do.... > > > > apt-get install <packages> > > > > for things I want to do at this session. I want to be selective because I > > tend to only want to do certain updates after hours, just in case. > > > > Yes, you should switch to aptitude.
Explaining *why* you suggest using aptitude rather than apt-get might be helpful... Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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