Re: removing obsolete packages

[iwan@vvier.tudelft.nl (Iwan Mouwen)]

* Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> [010404 09:45]:
 > What you want is "apt-get clean" 
> > 
> > "autoclean" only removes packages that can no longer be downloaded.
> 
> ...which is to say, packages which have been replaced by updated
> versions.
> 
> What he wants _is_ autoclean, why it's not working, or his understanding
> of its workings, is a mystery.

If this is the expected behaviour:


samwise:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -l konqueror
ii  konqueror  2.1.1-0.potato3  KDE's advanced File Manager, Web Browser and Document Viewer

samwise:/var/cache/apt/archives# ls konqueror*
konqueror_2.1.0.1-0.potato4_i386.deb  konqueror_2.1.1-0.potato1_i386.deb  konqueror_2.1.1-0.potato3_i386.deb

samwise:/var/cache/apt/archives# apt-get -s autoclean | grep konqueror
Del konqueror 2.1.0.1-0.potato4 [1197kB]
Del konqueror 2.1.1-0.potato1 [1200kB]
Del konqueror 2.1.1-0.potato3 [1200kB]


then I'm sure my understanding of autoclean is wrong.

Iwan.