Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status
On Vi, 17 iun 11, 00:38:02, William Hopkins wrote: > > > > To find packages installed and then removed but not purged: > > > > grep-status -F Status 'deinstall ok config-files' -ns Package > > OT, but an easier way to do this is dpkg -l | grep ^rc # aptitude search ~c # inspect the list # aptitude purge ~c # get rid of them Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status
On 06/16/11 at 02:13pm, Wayne Topa wrote: > On 06/16/2011 12:59 PM, David Baron wrote: > >This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with > >knoppix-3. > >Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not > >effect anything. > > > >Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft? > > > > You might want to install the grep-status package. > > To find packages installed and then removed but not purged: > > grep-status -F Status 'deinstall ok config-files' -ns Package OT, but an easier way to do this is dpkg -l | grep ^rc -- Liam signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status
On 06/16/2011 12:59 PM, David Baron wrote: This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with knoppix-3. Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not effect anything. Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft? You might want to install the grep-status package. To find packages installed and then removed but not purged: grep-status -F Status 'deinstall ok config-files' -ns Package Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dfa47d1.6030...@gmail.com
Re: Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status
On 06/16/11 at 07:59pm, David Baron wrote: > This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with > knoppix-3. > Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not > effect anything. > > Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft? Yes, but it's quite tedious ime. Do you have a valid /var/lib/dpkg/status-old ? It could save you some headaches. -- Liam signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Regenerating /var/lib/dpkg/status
This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with knoppix-3. Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not effect anything. Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft?
