Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:-
> # dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/deinstall$/purge/'|dpkg --set-selections
> # apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> what this does is find packages that were removed but not purged and purges
> them.
That doesn't appear to do what I want. The mutt-i package is not flagged
"
>
>
> So, why is "mutt-i" still listed if it is not available? How can I
> flush these "unavailable" packages so they don't clutter up the
> packaging system? dpkg --forget-old-unavail appears to be what I
> want, but it does nothing from what I can surmise.
>
# dpkg --get-selections|sed -e
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