On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 06:17:45PM +0000, andy wrote: > What I was trying to get at in my original post was to see if there was a way > of upgrading one's system by running a system-wide check which would then be > cross-referenced to the sources, leading to out-of-date libs, etc. being > identified for download. > > Thanks > Hi Andy, when you update your local dpkg database, it only has the lastest data, as it creates a new one and does not save the old data. So there is no reference to 'out-of-date' anything. You can use deborphan or debfoster to 'trim the fat' once in a while, with caution. But just 'apt-get update' or similar is all you need. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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