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adrianmay

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Registered: 2017-12-19

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Get date of current arch system

Hi All,

I'd like to find out when I last updated my system.

I know you'll think "just update it then it's today" but the reason is to pin an archlinux docker image into which I'll squirt binaries I made on the host against its libraries. So if I update my system the Makefile will change the FROM line in the Dockerfile.

TIA, Adrian.

Slithery

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Re: Get date of current arch system

Look at the pacman log.

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Trilby

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Re: Get date of current arch system

date -r /var/lib/pacman/sync/community.db

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adrianmay

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Registered: 2017-12-19

Posts: 64

Re: Get date of current arch system

Ok I guess I asked the wrong question. What I want is the name of the docker image corresponding to what's on the host. Apparently they get made on Sundays and have a build number too. E.g.

archlinux:base-20201101.0.7893

This is what I'm trying to evaluate. The timestamp when I updated wouldn't be that.

TIA, Adrian.

jasonwryan

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Re: Get date of current arch system

Apparently they get made on Sundays

Who is making these images?

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adrianmay

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Registered: 2017-12-19

Posts: 64

Re: Get date of current arch system

https://hub.docker.com/_/archlinux