Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-05 Thread David Z Maze
Mike Fedyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? These days I tend to use aptitude as my standard dpkg/APT front-end. Current aptitude (possibly only the version in

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-05 Thread Andy Saxena
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 10:50:01PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: Mike Fedyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? These days I tend to use aptitude as my standard dpkg/APT

Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-03 Thread Mike Fedyk
Hi, Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? I know simple question, but I didn't find anything after a quick search with apropos and apt-cache search. Thanks, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-03 Thread Juergen Fiedler
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:31:03PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: [...] Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? [...] Check out deborphan. --j pgpI4jriUC0QZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Reverse Depends on packages

2002-05-03 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Mike Fedyk wrote: Is there a tool, or series of commands that'll help me find packages that are not depended on anymore in the debian packaging system? deborphan does just this, debfoster is a little more flexible. -- Baloo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]