On Jul 6, robert@rocknet.net.au wrote > > I have a ls-lRa.gz of ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian and have > > ' zcat ftp.debian.org-pub.debian-ls-lRa.gz | grep sh-util ' > > but found no such package ... > > Any ideas how on debian do I upgrade the 'date' program > ( and the rest of the sh-utils programs )is greatly appreciated. The package you're looking for is 'shellutils'. Upgrading it to the latest version will fix your problem. (It is at 1.16.) Btw, "dpkg --search" can tell you to which package a file belongs. So in this case: chrish@pianocktail:[~] >dpkg --search /bin/date shellutils: /bin/date Christian
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