Received Sat 15 Apr 2006 12:52pm +1000 from David Liontooth: > Graham Williams wrote: > >Hi David, > > > >Thank you for the bug report. Could you give me an example that > >illustrates what you observe. > > > # just list linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > rc linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > 6 Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.16 > # just purge linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Package linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp is not installed, so not removed > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded. > # just list linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > rc linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > 6 Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.16 > > What I would like this do to is to remove the package so it doesn't show > in list (it's not just deinstalled but purged). In /var/lib/dpkg/status, > I would like to see something like this: > > Package: libpostproccvs51-dev > Status: purge ok not-installed > Priority: optional > Section: libdevel > Bugs: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Architecture: amd64 > > That's what a purged package should look like. If I do a list here, I > see nothing -- not even a blank line: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# just list libpostproccvs51-dev > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# > > But purge isn't working, so /var/lib/dpkg/status shows the whole thing, > as below. It clutters my lists badly. As an installation grows in age, > it accretes increasing quantities of useless information that distracts > from the task at hand.
It seems this is a change in the way apt-get works. Previously, "apt-get remove --purge" would purge a package even if it had been previously removed. I've changed the command to call "dpkg --purge". Regards, Graham > > David > > Package: linux-image-2.6.16-alsa-agp > Status: deinstall ok config-files > Priority: optional > Section: base > Installed-Size: 11400 > Maintainer: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: amd64 > Source: linux-source-2.6.16-alsa-agp > Version: 6 > Config-Version: 6 > Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6 > Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0) > Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.2.17) | debconf-2.0 > Suggests: lilo (>= 19.1) | grub, fdutils, linux-doc-2.6.16-alsa-agp | > linux-source-2.6.16$ > Description: Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.16-alsa-agp > This package contains the Linux kernel image for version > 2.6.16-alsa-agp. > . > It also contains the corresponding System.map file, and the modules > built by the packager. It also contains scripts that try to ensure > that the system is not left in a unbootable state after an update. > . > Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package, > and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to > create a custom kernel from the sources. Please look at kernel-img.conf(5), > and /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz from the package > kernel-package > for details on how to tailor the installation of this or any other kernel > image package > > > > >Thanks, > >Graham > > > >Received Sat 15 Apr 2006 3:38am +1000 from David Liontooth: > > > >>Package: wajig > >>Version: 2.0.31 > >>Severity: minor > >> > >> > >>wajig purge <package> no longer changes the status of that package from > >>deinstall to purged. Perhaps this is a dpkg feature? > >> > >>It would also be very useful to have a command that removes purged > >>packages from /var/lib/dpkg/status, so they don't clutter queries. > >> > >>David > >> > >>-- System Information: > >>Debian Release: testing/unstable > >> APT prefers unstable > >> APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > >>Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > >>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > >>Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 > >>Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) > >> > >>Versions of packages wajig depends on: > >>ii apt 0.6.43.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg > >>ii python 2.3.5-4 An interactive high-level > >>object-o > >>ii python-apt 0.6.16 Python interface to > >>libapt-pkg > >> > >>wajig recommends no packages. > >> > >>-- no debconf information > >> > >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
