On Jo, 05 apr 12, 09:05:53, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 05/04/12 04:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > > It would be nice if I could now whether I installed a packages manually > > via dpkg -i and m-a a-i, well which uses dpkg, it whether apt-get or > > aptitude installed it, i.e. whether I installed the package via a package > > manager or a package repository manager. > > I agree, that would be a very useful ability. I've recently had to deal > with a, um, "differently" designed network where the boxes mixed > releases and had a lot of self-built packages. Such a capability would > have saved us considerable time. > It's possible it can already be done (by someone knowledgeable), but I > don't see anything in dpkg status or logs that hold that info. > > Perhaps just alias some logging to dpkg? Why dpkg? Since all packages are installed through dpkg I think a possible implementation would mean diff'ing the list of installed packages with the list of packages installed via apt-get/aptitude. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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