On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Tom H <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:26 AM, piruthiviraj natarajan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 8:22 PM, Tom H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Chris Bannister > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 01:15:53PM +0530, piruthiviraj natarajan wrote: > >>>> > >>>> root@localhost:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > >>>> // Recommends are as of now still abused in many packages > >>> > >>> If you know of any packages where this is occuring, then please file a > >>> bug. > >> > >> The appropriateness/inappropriateness of "Recommends" is a relative > >> notion... > > > > I assumed that autoclean removes the packages that are not installed on > the > > current system. > > > > I am from arch linux and I was expecting that this clean-installed switch > > removes .deb files that are not installed on the system, like pacman -Sc. > > > > But one still one question remains is How did apt-get autoclean remove > the > > vlc related packages .deb files even though they were clearly not > partially > > downloaded files? > > "apt-get autoclean" removes deb files in the local cache that are no > longer in the repositories, not deb files in the cache that are no > longer installed locally. > > Are the vlc debs that were deleted still in the repositories or have > they been removed? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SxNtWG_+RX2KyQ6-=d8fBYeE5h1ZLQPLsGtV3Vpcp=j...@mail.gmail.com > > No, vlc packages are not in the official repos. Now I get it.
