Re: How to get rid of orphaned data in package database?
"Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de> writes:
> Am Montag 19 Oktober 2009 schrieb Goswin von Brederlow:
>>
>> > There is another thing, which I discovered: apt-file is showing still
>> > /emul/ia32-linux entries, although the packages are no more installed to
>> > /emul .
>>
>> Outdated Contents file?
>>
>> MfG
>> Goswin
>>
>
> Hi Goswin!
>
> No, it is not outdated, as I did an "apt-file update" beforfe I checked. IMO
> this should do it, doesn't it?
>
> Gruß
>
> Hans
The Contents file can be outdated on ftp.debian.org too. The archive
only regenerates it a few packages every night.
Maybe apt-file also looks into the dpkg database where you still have
entries.
MfG
Goswin
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