Re: [gentoo-user] portage date

Re: [gentoo-user] portage date

[Shawn Haggett]

Arnau Bria wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't sync my portage everyday, I do it when I need a special
> (last) version of package or when I'm preparing a big update...
> 
> But sometimes I look for the date when I did my last sync, cause
> maybe it's enough for what I want, but I don't know how to find it...
> 
> is there any way?
> 
> TIA
> 

Try:

/usr/portage/metadata/timestamp

That's what portage uses to see if the tree on the server is newer then
the local one, and there if there is even a need to sync.
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Re: [gentoo-user] portage date

[Vikas Kumar]

On 10:43 Fri 09 Mar     , Willie Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 01:24:04PM +0100, Penguin Lover Arnau Bria squawked:
> > But sometimes I look for the date when I did my last sync, cause
> > maybe it's enough for what I want, but I don't know how to find it...
> 

$ awk -F: '/Sync completed/ {print strftime("%c", $1)}' /var/log/emerge.log | tail -1

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Re: [gentoo-user] portage date

[Neil Bothwick]

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And this week's Sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut prize goes to...

> $ awk -F: '/Sync completed/ {print strftime("%c", $1)}' /var/log/emerge.log | tail -1


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: portage date

[Arnau Bria]

Thank to all for the replies.

Cheers,
Arnau
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