On 2011-01-14 13:56 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:10:07PM -0500, Drew Engelbrecht wrote: >> I've noticed some abandoned configuration files have been left lying >> around my harddrive, which by their existence have a (sometimes negative) >> effect on my upgraded system. They were installed by packages in lenny, >> but would not be installed in a fresh installation of squeeze. Despite >> unmodified configuration files getting replaced by newer ones when >> upgrading, it seems that if they don't belong to the same package in >> squeeze as in lenny, then they are not removed... even though that file >> may be unmodified from the original (and now useless or even harmful.) > > You might take a look at cruft: > > Description: Find any cruft built up on your system > cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn't > be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn't. > . > It bases most of its results on dpkg's database, as well as a list of > `extra files' that can appear during the lifetime of various packages. > . > cruft is still in pre-release; your assistance in improving its accuracy > and performance is appreciated. > Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/cruft/
Unfortunately, that project appears to be dead. There has not been a release or even an SVN commit since Lenny, and I suspect cruft will report a lot of false positives in Squeeze. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjwvzk0v....@turtle.gmx.de