OK, always pretty much up to date, see below. I saw it only when hitting Up in terminal, no text in ash history. Shame i closed the terminal and lost the evidence!

bash
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.05b-26osso7+0m5
Version table:
2.05b-26osso7+0m5 0
500 https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com ./ Packages
bash3:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.2-0maemo10
Version table:
3.2-0maemo10 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free Packages
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
bash4:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.2.37-1
Version table:
4.2.37-1 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
4.2.20-1 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free Packages
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
busybox-power:
Installed: 1.20.2power5
Candidate: 1.20.2power5
Version table:
*** 1.20.2power5 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.20.2power4+thumb0 0
500 http://maemo.merlin1991.at fremantle/free Packages
1.20.2power4 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle-1.3/free Packages
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
1.20.2power3 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
1.20.2power2 0
500 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free Packages
yappari:
Installed: 0.0.26
Candidate: 0.0.26
Version table:
*** 0.0.26 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status