On 15/12/13 20:04, Pavel Volkov wrote: > On Saturday 14 December 2013 15:02:04 Bob Proulx wrote: >> In my opinion one of the best features of Debian is that it supports >> upgrades. It isn't necessary to reinstall. At worst it is easier to >> take some _packages_ (some packages not the system, such as GNOME or >> KDE) off the system before doing a full upgrade and then re-installing >> those packages. But that is so much easier than dealing with the >> entire system. > <snipped> > >>> Kind of related question : is there a tool for removing all config >>> files that aren't used by any currently installed package? >> >> Yes. By not used I assume you mean from a package that has been >> installed and then been "removed". <...> > > Thanks for the detailed explanation. > In Gentoo I was using a custom Python script for searching orphans. > > You may also find bleachbit, localepurge, and debfoster useful
"If a new package is encountered or if debfoster notices that a package that used to be a dependency is now an orphan, it will ask you what to do with it. If you decide to keep it, debfoster will just take note and continue. If you decide that this package is not interesting enough it will be removed as soon as debfoster is done asking questions. If your choices cause other packages to become orphaned more questions will ensue." deborphan is extremely useful, and simple. e.g.:- # apt-get -s remove `deborphan` | more Kind regards -- 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/52ad7498.2050...@gmail.com
