On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:45:17AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> # apt-get install c-compiler 2>&-|awk '/^ /{print $1}'|xargs -r dpkg -l|grep ^i
> ii gcc-3.0 3.0.4-13 The GNU C compiler.
> ii gcc-3.3 3.3.1-0pre0 The GNU C compiler
> ii gcc-3.2 3.2.3-6 The GNU C compiler
> ii gcc-2.95 2.95.4-17 The GNU C compiler.
> ii gcc 3.3-2 The GNU C compiler.
> Indeed I see I have a "subscription" to every new version, with no
> automatic mechanism to get rid of the old. Is this the ideal situation?
You could always use aptitude or one of the other half-a-dozen ways to
remove packages that were only installed to satisfy old dependencies.
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