Re: Dealing with obsolete packages

2008-10-01 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 09:36:29PM +, T o n g <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:44:26 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > or just push "-" on the header of the group if you're using the curses > > interface. > > That's what I thought. I press "-" on the spot marked a

Re: Dealing with obsolete packages

2008-10-01 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:44:26 -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > or just push "-" on the header of the group if you're using the curses > interface. That's what I thought. I press "-" on the spot marked as "*" in the following: Actions Undo Package Resolver Search Options Views Help C-T: Menu

Re: Dealing with obsolete packages

2008-10-01 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 08:29:41AM +0100, Bob Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I know that aptitude gui interface can show all those obsolete packages > > by sections. my questions are: > > > > - how can I tag all obsolete packages in a section, then remove them? > > - how can I get

Re: Dealing with obsolete packages

2008-10-01 Thread Bob Cox
On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 06:11:47 +, T o n g ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > I know that aptitude gui interface can show all those obsolete packages > by sections. my questions are: > > - how can I tag all obsolete packages in a section, then remove them? > - how can I get such obsolet

Dealing with obsolete packages

2008-09-30 Thread T o n g
Hi, I know that aptitude gui interface can show all those obsolete packages by sections. my questions are: - how can I tag all obsolete packages in a section, then remove them? - how can I get such obsolete packages list on command line? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http:/