On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 01:16:46PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre <vinc...@vinc17.org> was heard to say: > On 2009-09-24 19:18:26 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > As far as I can tell, those are still present on the FTP server, and > > the referenced bug doesn't say otherwise. Why should they be in the > > Obsolete section? > > OK, I thought that aptitude got the information in some other way. > Can't there be another section for packages still present on the > FTP server, but in obsolete status (so that the user doesn't report > bugs against such packages)?
No. aptitude has no way to know this. You would need to create a new section on the ftp server or add information to the package metadata. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org