Re: Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-15 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 14:34, Jérôme Warnier wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've been upgrading my machines since Woody to Sarge, then to Etch. Now, >> my /var/lib/dpkg/available are huge (15MB), and it seems they never get >> cleaned. >> How am I supposed to c

Re: Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-15 Thread George Danchev
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 14:34, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > Hi, > > I've been upgrading my machines since Woody to Sarge, then to Etch. Now, > my /var/lib/dpkg/available are huge (15MB), and it seems they never get > cleaned. > How am I supposed to clean them? Isn't there any automated tools in > Debi

Re: Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-14 Thread Brendan O'Dea
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 02:03:21PM +0200, Daniel Kobras wrote: >On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote: >> I've been upgrading my machines since Woody to Sarge, then to Etch. Now, >> my /var/lib/dpkg/available are huge (15MB), and it seems they never get >> cleaned. >> How a

Re: Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-14 Thread Jérôme Warnier
Le mercredi 14 juin 2006 à 14:03 +0200, Daniel Kobras a écrit : > dpkg --forget-old-unavail Well, no, it doesn't help. -- Jérôme Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BeezNest

Re: Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-14 Thread Daniel Kobras
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > I've been upgrading my machines since Woody to Sarge, then to Etch. Now, > my /var/lib/dpkg/available are huge (15MB), and it seems they never get > cleaned. > How am I supposed to clean them? Isn't there any automated tools in > Deb

Cleaning /var/lib/dpkg/available

2006-06-14 Thread Jérôme Warnier
Hi, I've been upgrading my machines since Woody to Sarge, then to Etch. Now, my /var/lib/dpkg/available are huge (15MB), and it seems they never get cleaned. How am I supposed to clean them? Isn't there any automated tools in Debian to do that? Thanks -- Jérôme Warnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BeezNe