On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 09:36:35PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > You can read the packages status file for information from > /var/lib/dpkg/status. This lists, IIRC, all packages available from > your various apt sources, whether installed or not, and is somewhat more > flexible than looking for the same information from dselect. > My impression is that the status file only contains info about packages I ever expressed some interest in. My status file mentions 709 packages, but the available file 2694.
All 'Status: ' lines with 'not-installed' in the status-file say something like: install OK not-installed purge OK not-installed hold OK not-installed but never something like: unknown .... not-installed egbert -- Egbert Bouwman - Keizersgracht 197 II - 1016 DS Amsterdam - 020 6257991 ========================================================================
