Unavailable packages question
This is the output of a couple of dpkg commands on my system:-
monkey:/home/neil# dpkg -l "mutt*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-========================-========================-================================================================
ii mutt 1.3.15-2 Text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading.
un mutt-i <none> (no description available)
rc mutt-ja 0.95.4i.jp2-2.1 Text-based mailreader for Japanese.
un muttzilla <none> (no description available)
monkey:/home/neil# dpkg -p mutt-i
Package `mutt-i' is not available.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
So, why is "mutt-i" still listed if it is not available? How can I
flush these "unavailable" packages so they don't clutter up the
packaging system? dpkg --forget-old-unavail appears to be what I
want, but it does nothing from what I can surmise.
Thanks,
Neil.
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