Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:-
> # dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/deinstall$/purge/'|dpkg --set-selections
> # apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> what this does is find packages that were removed but not purged and purges
> them.
That doesn't appear to do what I want. The mutt-i package is not flagged
"
>
>
> So, why is "mutt-i" still listed if it is not available? How can I
> flush these "unavailable" packages so they don't clutter up the
> packaging system? dpkg --forget-old-unavail appears to be what I
> want, but it does nothing from what I can surmise.
>
# dpkg --get-selections|sed -e
This is the output of a couple of dpkg commands on my system:-
monkey:/home/neil# dpkg -l "mutt*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/
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