Debian Bug report logs - #957
dpkg should automatically log everything

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Message #10 received at 957-maintonly@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: remco@blaakmeer.student.utwente.nl (Remco Blaakmeer)

To: 957-maintonly@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Old bugs need to be looked at

Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 11:59:52 +0100 (CET)

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This bug is very old. Please take a look at it and see if you can fix it.
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Message #27 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan David Amery <jdamery@ysolde.ucam.org>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org, 93435@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Not the same bug.

Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:55:55 +0100

 I think that #957 (dpkg should log everything) and #93435 (asking for
package changelogs inside dselect) are *not* the same bug - since they
are asking for quite different things.

 #957 doesn't seem too unreasonable either (whereas I agree #93435
would be impossible to implement with the current deb format/mirror
structure). 

 Jonathan.

Message #46 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Bramer <grisu@debian.org>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: log patch for dpkg

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:45:28 +0200

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tags 957 +patch
thanks

I write a patch for dpkg to add a log file /var/log/dpkg for all
'install', 'remove' and 'purges' of packages.

Gruss
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Message #55 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Please include the Patch from Michael Bramer because it works fine...

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:18:00 +0100

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Package: dpkg

Hello, 

I have tested the Patch from Michael on SARGE and SID and with a
small changement on WOODY and it works fine. So please add it.

Greetings
Michelle

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Message #60 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alfie Costa <agcosta@gmx.net>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: #957 dpkg should automatically log everything

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:51:43 -0500

Nine years?!?  Wow...

Message #65 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@enix.org>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Still useful

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:53:58 +0100

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Hello,

This functionnality would be really, really, really useful. This bug is
open since 1995, and in June 2004 someone gave a patch to implement the
requested functionnality. Is it possible to include this patch ?

Currently, in my Linux User Group (in France), we install many many
Debian systems for people. Sometimes, they come with a problem like "xxx
doesn't work anymore". Having a dpkg log would be really, really useful
to determine since when and why the problem appeared.

If necessary, I can implement the functionnality in recent versions of
dpkg. If you want me to do so, please give me the address of the
CVS/Subversion repository in which dpkg development occurs.

Thanks,

Thomas
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Message #70 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>

To: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@enix.org>, 957@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#957: Still useful

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:19:36 +0100

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Am 2005-02-13 18:53:58, schrieb Thomas Petazzoni:
> Hello,
> 
> This functionnality would be really, really, really useful. This bug is
> open since 1995, and in June 2004 someone gave a patch to implement the
> requested functionnality. Is it possible to include this patch ?

Do you mena the Patch from 08.06.2004 and Michael Bramer ?

> If necessary, I can implement the functionnality in recent versions of
> dpkg. If you want me to do so, please give me the address of the
> CVS/Subversion repository in which dpkg development occurs.

I have already ask in debian-devel for including the simpel patch of
Michael, which works without any problems, but there are some people
which like to make it perfect... AFTER SARGE RELEASE !  :-(

Right, it could break many things...

> Thanks,
> 
> Thomas

Greetings
Michelle

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Message #75 received at 957@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>

To: 957@bugs.debian.org, Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@enix.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#957: Still useful

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:11:15 +0000

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tags 957 - patch
thanks

On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 18:53 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:

>This functionnality would be really, really, really useful. This bug is
>open since 1995, and in June 2004 someone gave a patch to implement the
>requested functionnality. Is it possible to include this patch ?
>
This was already discussed recently, I've stated that the implementation
in this patch is not ideal and that post-sarge I will provide a log file
containing details of all the states that dpkg puts packages through.

>If necessary, I can implement the functionnality in recent versions of
>dpkg. If you want me to do so, please give me the address of the
>CVS/Subversion repository in which dpkg development occurs.
>
http://www.dpkg.org/ArchRepository

Scott
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