Re: Timestamp
i,
>>"Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
Jason> On 7 Oct 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> A time stamp at install/delete time in the status file for an audit
>> trail.
Jason> I think part of the Deity spec was to have a complete audit
Jason> trail of what was done, so you aught to get your wish. Please
Jason> add it to your spec :>
On reflection this does not fall under deities purview. Deity
may not be used to install or deinstall packages, and if deity is the
only mechanism then the audit trail would be lost. Better no audit
trail than a false audit trail ;-(
The correct entity to implement this behaviour in is dpkg;
since that is ultimately the final authority for package
manipulation.
dpkg, then, when rewriting the status file, should add the
time stamps as needed, to the package descriptions (it needs to
modify the descriptio anyway to reflect the current operation).
manoj
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