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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:25:20 -0800 From: Vince Hoang <svlug@ml.altern8.net> To: svlug@lists.svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] erased my notes! On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:41:33PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > I just overwrote my notes for building debian, used > when I meant >> apt-get install cvs rcs # :) > oh well, I think I emailed them to someone... but one thing I > should be able to do is look at my apt-get history. Is there > some way to list all packages I've installed with apt-get and > the corresponding dates? looked at dpkg and apt-get man pages > before didn't find the right option... I am not sure about getting the dates, but `dpkg -l` will show you the installed package. You might need to walk through /var/lib manually if there is not an explicit command. Here is a page for clues: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch-package.en.html#s-info-package -Vince --===============38471700791866792== Content-Type: message/rfc822 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:35:18 -0800 From: <dpchrist@inreach.com> To: "George Georgalis" <georgw@galis.org> Cc: svlug@lists.svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] erased my notes! Message-ID: <002d01c29b03$251a1a30$0b01a8c0@w2k30g> References: <20021203184133.GA25947@trot.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: list Message: 2 George Georgalis <georgw@galis.org> wrote: > (I've added /root to my backup routine, doh) > > I just overwrote my notes for building debian, used > when I meant >> I use CVS as follows: 1. After a fresh OS install, create a directory under /root with a name equal to the host name. 2. cd into that directory, touch .exists, and then cvs import. cd .., rm -r the imported directory, and cvs co the project. 3. As you modify/ create system files (including maintenance notes), edit-install-test from the working tree. cvs commit as often as desired. 4. Back up the CVS repository periodically. So, assuming "foo" was checked in, if I did # somecommand > foo When I meant: # somecommand >> foo Recovery would be: # mv foo bar # update foo # cat bar >> foo # commit foo # rm bar I recommend this book for CVS: [1] Karl Fogel, 1999, "Open Source Development with CVS", CoriolisOpen Press, ISBN 1-57610-490-7. HTH, David --===============38471700791866792== Content-Type: message/rfc822 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:56:07 -0800 From: Bill Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net> To: George Georgalis <georgw@galis.org> Cc: svlug@lists.svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] erased my notes! Message-ID: <20021203115605.B26321@sonic.net> In-Reply-To: <20021203184133.GA25947@trot.local> References: <20021203184133.GA25947@trot.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Message: 3 On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:41:33PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: > (I've added /root to my backup routine, doh) > > I just overwrote my notes for building debian, used > when I meant >> In TCSH I have the following in my ~/.cshrc to avoid this ;^) set noclobber # forbid use of > to automatically overwrite I believe BASH uses the same syntax (check the 'man' page) ===