Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-10 Thread Matthias Nagel
Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 13:26:32 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:21:02 +0200, Matthias Nagel > wrote: > > Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: > >> My suggestion is to try "dpkg --purge ", but I would also like > >> to know how you got yourself into this si

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-05-09 13:21 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: > Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: >> On 2013-05-09 11:41 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: >> >> > after I had upgraded to Wheezy this week, I ran the command >> > "apt-show-versions | egrep -v wheezy" and I was suprised to see

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 09 May 2013 13:21:02 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: My suggestion is to try "dpkg --purge ", but I would also like to know how you got yourself into this situation. Mmh, OK. But in this case I need the actual *.deb-file, don't I

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Matthias Nagel
Hello, Am Donnerstag 09 Mai 2013, 12:59:20 schrieb Sven Joachim: > On 2013-05-09 11:41 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: > > > after I had upgraded to Wheezy this week, I ran the command > > "apt-show-versions | egrep -v wheezy" and I was suprised to see the > > following result: > > > > gcc-4.2-base

Re: How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-05-09 11:41 +0200, Matthias Nagel wrote: > after I had upgraded to Wheezy this week, I ran the command > "apt-show-versions | egrep -v wheezy" and I was suprised to see the > following result: > > gcc-4.2-base 4.2.4-6 installed: No available version in archive > libbind9-40 1:9.5.1.dfsg.P3

How to remove/purge outdated packages that are removed from repositories (apt-get --purge remove fails)

2013-05-09 Thread Matthias Nagel
Hello, after I had upgraded to Wheezy this week, I ran the command "apt-show-versions | egrep -v wheezy" and I was suprised to see the following result: gcc-4.2-base 4.2.4-6 installed: No available version in archive libbind9-40 1:9.5.1.dfsg.P3-1+lenny1 installed: No available version in archive

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-06 Thread Colin Watson
dobler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even >when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new >incompatibilities is out? > >I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance > >On the other hand, some very imp

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread Peter S Galbraith
dobler wrote: > I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even > when a new release that fixes some bugs If you can replicate the old bug, file a bug report and state that the new verion X.Y fixes it. > and doesn't bring an

Re: Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 06:45:45PM +0100, dobler wrote: > I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even > when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new > incompatibilities is out? > > I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance Well, s

Outdated packages in unstable: what to do?

2001-01-05 Thread dobler
Hi there I was wondering why there are some small packages that are not upgraded even when a new release that fixes some bugs and doesn't bring any new incompatibilities is out? I was thinking of xqf, qstat or mozilla for instance On the other hand, some very important packages that are likely

Re: outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong) wrote: >> "Jerry" == Jerry J Jaskierny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> thanks, i'd already thought of that. but i'd assume there has >> to be a more convenient way. debian can't possibly be built on >> just the packages and dependencies i

Re: outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong) wrote: >> "Jerry" == Jerry J Jaskierny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> there are several packages included in debian archives that are >> outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some >> cases are useless to me, i want to co

Re: outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
You could also try dummy-package, or make-dummy-package, or something like that (I've forgotten the name, and amd too lazy to go look it up.) to create a dummy package that satisfies the dependencies that you need. I never did get around to figuring out how to use it though. > "Jerry" == Jerr

Re: outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Jerry J. Jaskierny
thanks, i'd already thought of that. but i'd assume there has to be a more convenient way. debian can't possibly be built on just the packages and dependencies it provides. On 23 Mar 2000, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using > dpk

Re: outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
Try downloading the deb source, patching the source, and then using dpkg-buildpackage or dpkg --build. (Check the man pages.) Make sure you get the source from the debian website or with apt, if you have the deb-src lines in sources.list, as it will contain debian subdirectory in the source tree,

outdated packages

2000-03-23 Thread Jerry J. Jaskierny
there are several packages included in debian archives that are outdated. instead of installing the outdated ones, in some cases are useless to me, i want to compile an updated copy of the source. i'm trying to figure out how i can compile this source, and let dpkg/dselect know that they've been i