Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
If you want to know the current installed packages in cronological order use tddebidate (Coded in BASH and packed as DEB, attached) Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant Am 2006-01-22 19:08:24, schrieb Sonixxfx: Hi,

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-23 Thread Marc Shapiro
Bill Marcum wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-23 Thread Sonixxfx
Everyone thanks for your help. I think aptitude is the most appropiate for me. What is the problem with updating from cron? I don't mind which packages are updated as long as they are up to date, as I am running a web server. Are there certain packages that can break my system pherhaps? Is it a

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:12:10 +0100 Sonixxfx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone thanks for your help. I think aptitude is the most appropiate for me. What is the problem with updating from cron? I don't mind which packages are updated as long as they are up to date, as I am running a web

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-23 Thread Sonixxfx
Thanks Andrei. >From now I am propably going to use 'aptitude upgrade' (I will have to learn how aptitude works) from cron. When things go wrong I have a (mondo) image from my system so that I can restore my system quickly when that would be nessesarry. Regards, Ben 2006/1/23, Andrei Popescu

How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Sonixxfx
Hi,Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your help.Regards,Ben

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
On 2006-01-22 19:08:24, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. I don't know about apt-get, but

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Sonixxfx: Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? aptitude logs its actions. apt-get doesn't. But may may already be happy with dpkg's logging mechanism. Caveat: dpkg in unstable doesn't log yet. I don't know about aptitude in stable. I occasianally

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Wayne Topa
Sonixxfx([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Randy Belk
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: On 2006-01-22 19:08:24, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards.

Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

2006-01-22 Thread Bill Marcum
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for