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Re: Package system totaly a complete mess



Ahoj,

Dňa Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:18:21 +0300 Andrei POPESCU
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> napísal:

> > >reduce the size of your /var/lib/dpkg/available.  HOW ?  well just
> > >open the file and delete stuff and save !  ok.  there are too many
> > >ways to choose how.  back up before doing it.  and don't delete any
> > >you'll need (ie, dependancies)
> 
> As far as I know only dpkg and dselect use that file and if you
> really want to reduce its size one can use 'dpkg --clear-avail' :p
> Probably "safer" (from what?) to use --forget-old-unavail instead.

LANG=C dpkg --forget-old-unavail
dpkg: warning: obsolete '--forget-old-unavail' option; unavailable
packages are automatically cleaned up

(wrapped)

regards


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