[SOLVED] Re: How to find all packages installed from backports?

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 11:52:22AM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> Hallo list!
>>
>> Before upgrading from sarge to etch, I would like to uninstall all those
>> packages that were installed from backports.org. I know that
>> apt-cache policy <packagename>
>> will show if <packagename> is from sarge-backports, but would like to
>> make sure that I catch all of those.
> 
> What happens if you remove backports.org from sources.list?  They should
> all show up as Obsolete/Locally Installed.

Thanks, this is what one would choose before the upgrade - and catch any
other 'orphans' as well...

Johannes