Re: dftp problem...D

[Tom Pfeifer <mailmisc@snet.net>]

I really haven't used dftp for a while myself, but according to the man
page, the clear option doesn't clear uninstalled packages from the
archive. 

dftp uses it's own /root/packages/.installed file to know what packages
are installed. It may have been that your dftp /root/packages/.installed
file was out of sync with the dpkg data base.  The dftp scaninst command
should be run as the first step in a dftp session. That uses information
from dpkg to create the .installed file.

There is also a dftp verify command that should be run after downloading
but before unpacking. The dftp man page explains it all pretty well.

Tom