On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:45:01 -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote: >> I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. >> It automatically delete orphaned packages.
Yep, second to that, aptitude alone can do the job quite well. No need the deborphan. For details check out: aptitude advantages http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/nix/distro/debian/deb10-AptitudeRelated/index.html#_aptitude_advantages > What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just > because it's not being maintained is no reason to delete it. So long as > it still runs and is useful it should *not* be deleted. Aha, there are actually two kind of "orphaned packages" here, I guess the name deborphan and its explanation should be blamed for the confusion. In fact, No, aptitude will never delete unmaintained packages. It is not a criteria at all. The correct saying is that "automatically installed packages will be uninstalled as soon as they are no longer needed..." HTH -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
