Re: stupid dependency on aptitude
On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 05:41:03PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote:
>
> T wrote:
> >
> >If you worry about the unneeded packages, then use deborphan. I use it
> >every time I install or un-install packages. no hassle at all.
>
> The only problem with this is that, IIRC, deborphan is deprecated in
> sid/etch as this functionality is now built into aptitude. It seems we
> are being encouraged to use aptitude :) I use Kpackage as a front end
> to apt-get and find this to be sufficient with an odd deborphan every
> now and then, hopefully kpackage can be made to use aptitude in the future!
The deborphan man page or README doesn't mention it being deprecated. I
would be sad if it went away, though, as it's quite useful to, for
example, `dpkg --purge $(deborphan)` (of course after checking the
output of deborphan on its own)
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Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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