Re: Bug#2853: removal of anachronistic packages from dpkg status files

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Carlo U. Segre writes ("Bug#2853: removal of anachronistic packages from dpkg status files"):
...
> The result is that when I enter dselect, there are a bunch of
> anachronistic packages which are still listed and it is only when I use
> the "i" option that I see that there is no file available for the
> package.
...

I'm aware of this problem.

Ian.