-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 January 2002 11:03 pm, dman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:48:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > | What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output? > > You snipped it out : > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-ins > |talled / Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems > | (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > | > ||/ Name Version Description > > > +++-==============-==============-=================================== > > | ii xlibs 4.1.0-9 X Window System client libraries > | rc vim-rt 5.6.070-1 Vi IMproved - runtime support > | ri a2ps 4.13-2 GNU a2ps 'Anything to > | PostScript' > > Now, what do those headings tell you? :-) > > The first column is the desired status the second one is the current > status and the third is the error status. > > | "man dpkg" isn't very specific. Does it have to do with PACKAGE > | SELECTION STATES "install" & "reinst-required"? Then what would > | rc mean? > > You want to remove it but the config files are still on the system.
Ahh. Thanks. - -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! "Fair is where you take your cows to be judged." ! ! Unknown ! +------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8O9DXjTz5dS9Us5wRAiyrAJ9kGg32/gxRV/MLegGTsSwSuGg/ugCdE/Hi sLDwbHpZi/C5JRD4CPHoAxE= =i2B+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
