Shaul Karl wrote: > Perhaps /var/lib/dpkg/{available,available-old,status,status-old} can > be useful too.
/var/lib/dpkg/available seems to be the right thing. I can grep for all the "Filename:" lines, use sed to throw out all but the actual filenames, and then grep the resulting file for all the .debs I have, one by one. Any .deb that isn't in the list isn't currently avaialable, and is therefore presumably out of date, and therefore a candidate for the Lost Packages site. Craig