On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:10:06 +0200, Joey Hess wrote: > (This question is appropriate for the debian-user mailing list, > redirecting.)
Maybe, maybe not. >> I guess I'm hoping for a warning that a package is 'out of fashion' >> when I try to apt-get install it. > > The problem is that you are using a demonstration frontend for the apt > library, instead of a real package manager. > > aptitude or even dselect will display packages that are not in the > archive as "obsolete" or "local", making it easy to tell when you have > something outdated. No, the problem is that Dan has outdated CD-ROM sources in his APT configuration (sources.list). AFAICT, aptitude lists any installed package that it cannot find a download source for in the "obsolete/local" section. If a package is in a local repository or on CD-ROM, aptitude won't notice that the package is no longer supported by Debian. That's the same trap apt-cache fell in. Dan seems to want a technical solution, i.e. a change in the APT software. I don't think this would be justified. Keeping the /etc/apt/sources.list in a reasonable state is something that Debian can't help the admin with. -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian | your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
