On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 10:12:34PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 15:59 -0600, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > The wnpp-alert script continually reports false positives; e.g. orphaned > > packages that are NOT installed on my system. > [...] > > O 320075 falconseye -- A port of NetHack using SDL > [...] > > O 353128 ftplib -- Library of callable ftp routines > [...] > > $dpkg --list falconseye ftplib > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > > uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-==========================-==========================-==================================================================== > > pn falconseye <none> (no description > > available) > > un ftplib <none> (no description > > available) > > Are any of ftplib-dev, ftplib3 or falconseye-data installed?
Yes: ftplib3 and falconseye-data. OK, I can guess where this is going: the report lists orphaned SOURCE packages for which I have at least one BINARY package installed. Consider this, instead, a request that the output be enhanced to show (optionally?) the binary packages currently installed. Thanks, -Steve
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