On 05/04/12 04:24, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 schrieb Scott Ferguson: >>> Hope this explains, >>
<snipped> > > It would be nice if I could now whether I installed a packages manually > via dpkg -i and m-a a-i, well which uses dpkg, it whether apt-get or > aptitude installed it, i.e. whether I installed the package via a package > manager or a package repository manager. I agree, that would be a very useful ability. I've recently had to deal with a, um, "differently" designed network where the boxes mixed releases and had a lot of self-built packages. Such a capability would have saved us considerable time. It's possible it can already be done (by someone knowledgeable), but I don't see anything in dpkg status or logs that hold that info. Perhaps just alias some logging to dpkg? > > This way I could purge files that are still no longer available in the > archive but have been before, without removed self compiled kernels, > modules or packages installed from files. > I just use hold for custom packages, and let autoremove, deborphan, and (rarely) debfoster do the work. Kind regards -- Iceweasel/Firefox/Chrome/Chromium/Iceape/IE extensions for finding answers to questions about Debian:- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/Scott_Ferguson/debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f7cd3d1.8060...@gmail.com
