On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:41:03PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > T wrote: > > > >If you worry about the unneeded packages, then use deborphan. I use it > >every time I install or un-install packages. no hassle at all. > > The only problem with this is that, IIRC, deborphan is deprecated in > sid/etch as this functionality is now built into aptitude. It seems we > are being encouraged to use aptitude :) I use Kpackage as a front end > to apt-get and find this to be sufficient with an odd deborphan every > now and then, hopefully kpackage can be made to use aptitude in the future!
The deborphan man page or README doesn't mention it being deprecated. I would be sad if it went away, though, as it's quite useful to, for example, `dpkg --purge $(deborphan)` (of course after checking the output of deborphan on its own) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You never gain something but that you lose something. -- Thoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]