Re: How to know whether a package is obsolete?

[Craig Dickson <crdic@yahoo.com>]

Shaul Karl wrote:

> Perhaps /var/lib/dpkg/{available,available-old,status,status-old} can 
> be useful too.

/var/lib/dpkg/available seems to be the right thing. I can grep for all the
"Filename:" lines, use sed to throw out all but the actual filenames, and then
grep the resulting file for all the .debs I have, one by one. Any .deb that
isn't in the list isn't currently avaialable, and is therefore presumably out
of date, and therefore a candidate for the Lost Packages site.

Craig