The version suggests could be an older package (that I do not have); so just to make sure I am not belatedly updating this package for some reason, is there a way to know the date the package was last updated / added to the repo?
I already have looked at the packages.xz list from ‘main-all’; it’s in there, but no dates to support this is a recent addition to the repo (and to reassure that I have not been missing this pkg for a year).
One thing you can do is look in the log files in the /var/log/apt/ directory. There you can see what apt has been doing, which packages have been added, updated, or removed, and you can see the time when it happened.
Note however that this tells you what apt has been doing on your own computer, it does not tell you a history of the remote repo (or maybe it does in a way, but only indirectly, if you have done “apt update && apt upgrade” very often).
For what it’s worth, I received the same specific update.
So whatever is the situation, it is not unique to you.
Good to know, thanks.
Thanks for your reply. Yeah, apt logs and dpkg.log are very useful. I could only verify that I had not downloaded the update before now. The 2024.04 in the package name concerned me, but since others have downloaded the same pkg recently, it’s all academic I guess!
This package version has been only in crimson and dawn/landing previously, hence its version number. I’ve recently pushed it into byzantium as well, so it’s a recent addition there.
