In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I want to write a bash script that will run through my
>/var/cache/apt/archives directory and determine which ones are obsolete
>(either not the latest release, or no longer available at all from the
>standard Debian package repository). How can I tell which packages are
>obsolete?
How about using "apt-move get" and "apt-move move". Then "apt-move -t
delete" will show you a list of obsolete packages. (Using the list to
move them to another directory for the web server is left as an
excersize for the reader.)
I've already set up a webserver to serve my apt-moved archives, that
include some obsolete packages. If anyone realy wants to use my DSL
line for install of the subset of stuff I've got, I'm not to worried
about it. The only useful obsolete package I know of is modutils, and
a few people got it after I mentioned it on this mailing list.
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Blars Blarson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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