Debian question

[Michael ODonnell]

> That idea doesn't work for me anyway, but I'd look at the diff
> between /var/lib/dpkg/status and /var/lib/dpkg/status-old.
> Those represent the status of all packages available and the
> difference between them should be the difference in package lists
> from now and before your last apt-get whatever...


Or along those same lines, try:

   cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
   ls -latr

...which will also mention the specific files affected.