On 2004-01-29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > > The origional idea for this was for instances of having installed > something to try it out, then removing it. If a bunch of dependencies > were pulled in, I don't remember what they are. Over time this leads > to lots of cruft on the system that takes time to weed through. >
You probably already know this, but if you use aptitude to install something with a bunch of dependencies, it will mark the sucked-in packages for uninstall when nothing depends on them any longer. Granted, if you have installed packages through other means, this doesn't help. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]