I just ran a fink self-update, and I noticed that some packages that
were installed on my machine prior to updating were uninstalled, such as
the package libofx. When I look at their statuses using 'list' in Fink,
they are listed as not installed, and are listed in FinkCommander as
being 'archived', a status FinkCommander describes as 'mean[ing] that
you previously installed the package but removed it so that only the
debian archive remains on your system or that you ran the build command
for a package but have not yet installed it'.
Would it be correct to assume that these packages were uninstalled
because no other installed package has a dependency on them any longer,
and they have been replaced by other packages?
Also, is it good practice to remove the 'debian archive' that has been
left behind? Can this even be done?
Nothing seems to have 'broken' due to the removal of these packages; I
am just trying to understand how this all works.
Thanks,
Steven
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