Re: New approach to obsolete packages

[jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey)]

> jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey) writes:
> 
> > While we're on this subject, I noticed that my /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > file lists every package that has ever been in my available list.
> 
> Run `dpkg --forget-old-unavail'

But it ended up not removing most of the packages which were no longer
available, as they were tagged with

Status: hold ok not-installed

Using --force-hold didn't help.

Is this a bug in dpkg?

   Julian

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