In reference to a message from David Mosberger, dated Mar 28: > This must be a FAQ but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere: with > "apt-cache show PKGNAME", I can get all kinds of interesting > information about a package. However, I don't see the _date_ the > package was last built. Am I missing something obvious? (Yes, I can > go to the "pool" and check the date there, but that's an extra step > which I'd like to avoid.)
you can also go to http://buildd.debian.org/ and look at when the autobuilder tried to build the package. this doesn't work 100% reliably tho (e.g. if the log didn't get sent to the repository) randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/
