retitle 466456 Consider adding option to display binary package names severity 466456 wishlist thanks
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 07:47:46PM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 22:56 -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> > [Steve M. Robbins]
> > > OK, I can guess where this is going: the report lists orphaned SOURCE
> > > packages for which I have at least one BINARY package installed.
> >
> > Since maintainership and orphaning happens on a source package basis,
> > I'd say this makes sense.
>
> Indeed; I've added a note to the manpage to that effect.
>
> I'll leave this bug open as a wishlist request for (optionally)
> displaying binary package names.
I agree. I'd really encourage you to consider this request. It's
something I stumble on every 6-12 months when I rediscover wnpp-alert.
I tend to want to do something like:
wnpp-alert | awk '/^O/ {print $3}' | xargs dpkg --purge
... and then I curse wnpp-alert thinking I've found a bug!
Cheers,
-Steve
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