Package: wnpp Version: N/A debfoster works a bit like apt, only it will record only those packages that you want to have installed. This means that any changed dependancies get noted, and you can remove the packages that are left behind. It's from http://www.fruit.eu.org/debfoster/, license is GPL, with some parts LGPL 2 and 2.1. From the website: What is it? Debian uses the main programs apt and dpkg to manage packages. Debfoster is a program to read your existing dpkg status files and separate the packages you really asked for from the packages that got installed because some program happened to need it. Debfoster will help you get rid of packages get left behind on your system when the program that required it was removed or upgraded to a version that doesn't have the dependency. How does it work? Simply run it by typing its name. It will ask you a series of questions about packages that are currently installed. You can choose to keep a package (in which case debfoster will remember this) or you can have it remove (which debfoster will do for you when it's done asking questions). if you don't know what the package is about, you can type a question mark to get some information about it. You can also use debfoster to add or remove packages. Simply run debfoster with the names of the desired packages and it will run apt-get install for you (and skip the questions). A package will be removed if you place a minus (-) directly after it. Ivo -- "You mean since you suggested he take the toaster into the shower with him to save time on making breakfast in the morning?" -- BOFH 5/11/97
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