Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:01:55PM -0700, David Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. > > deborphan might, though. > > Understood so far. > > But th

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:54:10PM -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > That's the difference between libraries and apps. An app will be > removed if the dependent libraries are removed (by user or Debian), > and libraries will be flagged for removal if the *user* removes th

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:01:55PM -0700, David Fox wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. > > deborphan might, though. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ deborphan xmms > xmms > And aptitude why-

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread David Fox
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But if an app is removed from a repository, apt won't tell you. > deborphan might, though. Understood so far. But this isn't very helpful: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ deborphan xmms xmms And aptitude why-not xmms doesn't sa

Re: Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/14/08 20:31, David Fox wrote: > Oops, I meant that to go to the list, sorry David. > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:35 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi list. > > > > Something I've noticed with Testing/Lenny is that packages often >

Fwd: Packages temporarily disappearing from Testing/Lenny

2008-04-14 Thread David Fox
Oops, I meant that to go to the list, sorry David. On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 11:35 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list. > > Something I've noticed with Testing/Lenny is that packages often > disappear for a short period (a few days or weeks) and then reappear. > A few current exam