Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010, Juergen Kosel wrote: >> yesterday I have upgraded an old computer from Lenny to Squeeze. >> This machine has a long history. Debian Woody was installed on it 2005. >> >> Now dpkg gives the following complaints on packages which were installed >> long ago: > > Yes, and? > > We have added those warnings, it's not to drop them when someone sees > them. :-)
It does sound like a bug to me. Would it make sense to automatically update the available file somehow on upgrade? > I understand they are left-over from very long ago, you should simply > run "dpkg --clear-avail" to get rid of them. This sounds like a workaround. :) Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
