On Ma, 21 ian 14, 17:07:09, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > While preparing for the upgrade from Squeeze to Wheezy I ran: > -----<quote>---------- > linbobo:~# aptitude search "~c" ... > linbobo:~# > -----<end quote>---------- > > Now, how do I know whether I need those libpackages or not? After all > I am supposed check whether these packages can indeed be safely > removed.
Bob's guess was correct, the ~c pattern find packages which have already
been removed, but not purged (i.e. there might still be conffiles on
your system). It should be safe to follow-up with
aptitude purge ~c
but a backup of /etc wouldn't hurt.
Kind regards,
Andrei
--
http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
