Re: about packages

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 06:32:53PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 04:25:46PM +0800, Tao Liu wrote:
> > When I type dselect,  and select, it shows some Obsolete/local packages.
> > Does that mean all these packages can be removed, if I have no local packages?
> 
> It means that these packages are listed in the dpkg status database,
> but not in the available database.  It is usually caused by packages
> being removed from the Packages file in the debian archive.  If you
> build your own kernel-image.deb and install it, it will also be listed
> as obsolete/local, because your homebuilt deb is not known to the debian
> archive Packages file.

I'm sorry, that was not a complete answer to your original question.

Any packages that you did not build yourself can probably safely be 
removed.

Cheers,


Joost