Re: dpkg secrets

[kotsya@u.washington.edu (David Stern)]

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:28:22 +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, David Stern wrote:
> 
> > Is there a nice way to determine when I installed a package?  
> > 
> > Right now I'm manually comparing my /var/lib/dpkg/status* files.
> 
> One way to see when you last installed or upgraded a package, is to look
> at the modification time of the /usr/doc/<package-name> directory, since
> at least one new file (the new changelog) is installed into this
> directory at every upgrade.
> 
> Not a very nice way, but it works for the majority of the packages.

I never even knew that directories time/date were modified when a file 
was written, but I see you're absolutely correct, and this is a pretty 
cool idea.

Thanks. :-)

btw: I'm not ignoring anyone, I intend to tackle the header deal in the 
morning.

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