Re: Aptitude, sort by package state?

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:07:59 -0600
Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:

> After years of updates, package installations and removals, browsing
> through the Not Installed section of Aptitude reveals a number of
> packages with a status of 'c' which means a package was simply
> removed, but its configuration files have been left installed.  I
> would like to have Aptitude be able to sort by package state so the
> 'c' packages can be grouped together in the UI for easy purging.
> 
> Did I miss something in the manual or do I need to file a Wishlist
> bug?

You can use search/limit pattern ~c. If you don't want them by category
then you can limit (press l) with !~v~c

HTH,
Andrei
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