Hi, On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 14:22:23 -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.14.16.6 > Severity: wishlist > > Currently, purging a package does not remove it from > /var/lib/dpkg/status. Over time, purging a lot of packages can cause the > status file to get very crufty, and I can't think of a reason to keep > purged packages in there, so they should really be removed.
Seems this behaviour was there but reverted long time ago in commit f48836f8589e17fabed7bddcc402422b394e1820, which at the same time introduced the --forget-old-unavail option. I don't see much point in that change, something which can be done automatically is relegated to manual intervention by the user (or the need for frontends to use that option). I think I'll revert the part related to forget-old-unavail and reintroduce the automatic removal of purged entries from status. Probably not now with dpkg being frozen, though. regards, guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
