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Re: keep users alert to packages deleted from debian



On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 08:21:11PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Apr 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Anyway, it seems no tool keeps users alert that some of their
> > packages are "no longer".  Perhaps it should appear when one does
> > dist-upgrades, or maybe a deb orphan-like tool that one could run
> > from crontab.
> 
> You mean like dselect?

Also aptitude. Don't use apt-get for serious administration; 'apt-get
install' is useful, but for the rest you should use a real front-end.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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