Blars Blarson wrote: > How about using "apt-move get" and "apt-move move". Then "apt-move -t > delete" will show you a list of obsolete packages. (Using the list to > move them to another directory for the web server is left as an > excersize for the reader.)
I'll look into that. I've already got a working solution that involves comparing /var/lib/dpkg/available to /var/cache/apt/archives, but if the other approach is faster, so be it. > I've already set up a webserver to serve my apt-moved archives, that > include some obsolete packages. If anyone realy wants to use my DSL > line for install of the subset of stuff I've got, I'm not to worried > about it. The only useful obsolete package I know of is modutils, and > a few people got it after I mentioned it on this mailing list. Well, I've seen a lot of interest (maybe 20 downloads in the last two days) in libgal9 and libgtkhtml14, which are needed for the current gnucash package in Sid. Then today someone asked for libgwrapguile9, so I put that one up too. Then I started thinking maybe a real archive was needed. Of course, just like you, I have only the subset of packages that I actually use. Craig
