Re: Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work properly
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Ian Jackson wrote: > No, purge ok not-installed is the usual state of play for > never-installed packages if you use dselect. > > Are you using apt ? Just for the record APT never writes the status file, only reads it. The user problem has managed to hold the package in dselect to get that in the status file. Jason
Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work properly
> Julian Gilbey writes ("Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work
> properly"):
> > Package: dpkg
> > Version: 1.4.0.33
> >
> > dpkg --forget-old-unavail only removes unavailable packages from the
> > status file which have Status: purge ok not-installed, but not those
> > which have Status: hold ok not-installed, which is the usual state of
> > play for never-installed packages.
>
> No, purge ok not-installed is the usual state of play for
> never-installed packages if you use dselect.
>
> Are you using apt ?
>
> Ian.
I was originally using dselect, and then I changed to apt when I
upgraded to slink. I wonder how it came to be changed like this? And
would it be a good modification anyway?
Julian
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Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work properly
Julian Gilbey writes ("Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work
properly"):
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.4.0.33
>
> dpkg --forget-old-unavail only removes unavailable packages from the
> status file which have Status: purge ok not-installed, but not those
> which have Status: hold ok not-installed, which is the usual state of
> play for never-installed packages.
No, purge ok not-installed is the usual state of play for
never-installed packages if you use dselect.
Are you using apt ?
Ian.
Bug#33394: dpkg: --forget-old-unavail doesn't work properly
Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.0.33 dpkg --forget-old-unavail only removes unavailable packages from the status file which have Status: purge ok not-installed, but not those which have Status: hold ok not-installed, which is the usual state of play for never-installed packages. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-
