On 06/16/2011 12:59 PM, David Baron wrote:
This file is full of cruft, stuff left over years ago starting with knoppix-3. Recent dpkg produce a lot of parse-errors from the file, though they do not effect anything. Is it possible to regenerate this file without all the cruft?
You might want to install the grep-status package. To find packages installed and then removed but not purged: grep-status -F Status 'deinstall ok config-files' -ns Package Wayne