Re: Useless cruft in /var/lib/dpkg/status
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 08:34:26PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > > Is it planned to get rid of package entries for purged packages in
> ~~~~~~
> > ....
> > dpkg --forget-old-unavail forget uninstalled unavailable pkgs
> > ....
I take this to mean that for packages that are uninstalled, and ALSO no longer
available in /var/lib/dpkg/available, then remove them from status. However,
that is not what the original question was.
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