Re: ppa-purge

2017-04-06 Thread Jarno Suni
below.)If I get support, I'll consider publishing code of linux-purge (https://launchpad.net/linux-purge) On Thursday, March 16, 2017 11:53 AM, Jarno Suni wrote: Please test the script. Related bug reports can be seen at https://code.launchpad.net/~jarnos/ppa-purge/+git/ppa-purge/+

Re: ppa-purge

2017-03-16 Thread Jarno Suni
Please test the script. Related bug reports can be seen at https://code.launchpad.net/~jarnos/ppa-purge/+git/ppa-purge/+merge/313001 Alternative instructions on how to get my branch are available at https://code.launchpad.net/~jarnos/ppa-purge/+git/ppa-purge/+ref/master After downloading the bran

Re: ppa-purge

2017-03-11 Thread Jarno Suni
The code is now available: https://code.launchpad.net/~jarnos/ppa-purge/+git/ppa-purge/+ref/master On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 12:28 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: Actually trusty-proposed is called a distribution in Debian terminology (https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList). add-apt-repository can

Fw: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2017-01-13 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Friday, January 13, 2017 5:55 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > >> On Friday, October 14, 2016 2:13 AM, Alberto Salvia Novella > wrote: > > >> Well, better to fix a thousand computers for the same effort than >> servicing yours alone. > > If

Re: bash completion issue in 16.04

2017-01-11 Thread Jarno Suni
Can you give the argument as separate word without '=' ? Or remove the character from environment variable COMP_WORDBREAKS That does not remove the bug, though. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2017-01-06 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 4:37 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > I only wanted to point out that already with minimal knowledge about > writing shell scripts, it is possible to write a script, that fits to > individual user needs. If a novice only wants to clean /boot, there are > tons of scrip

Re: ppa-purge

2016-12-27 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:16 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > >> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:11 PM, Jarno Suni > wrote: > > >> >> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:44 PM, Jarno Suni >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> "de

Re: ppa-purge

2016-12-06 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 9:11 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > >> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:44 PM, Jarno Suni > wrote: > > > >> "debline" form that add-apt-repository supports, and URL form > that >> add-apt-repository supports, to

Re: ppa-purge

2016-12-01 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:20 PM, Xen wrote: > > Jarno Suni schreef op 01-12-2016 6:51: >> You have to be carefull with what to remove: >> >> sudo ppa-purge -s linux.dropbox.com ubuntu/ >> >> would remove dropbox, but >> &g

Re: ppa-purge

2016-11-30 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:30 AM, Xen wrote: > > Jarno Suni schreef op 29-11-2016 20:11: > >>> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:44 PM, Jarno Suni > >>> wrote: >> >> >>> "debline" form that add-apt-repository supp

Re: ppa-purge

2016-11-30 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:30 AM, Xen wrote: > > Jarno Suni schreef op 29-11-2016 20:11: >> If removing Ubuntu components such as 'multiverse' or > 'backports' is >> supposed to be supported, some user interface changes are inevitable. &

Re: ppa-purge

2016-11-29 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:44 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > "debline" form that add-apt-repository supports, and URL form that > add-apt-repository supports, too, but that is undocumented, are not currently > supported by ppa-purge. If removing Ubuntu components s

Re: ppa-purge

2016-11-29 Thread Jarno Suni
Furthermore AFAIK PPA means an APT repository hosted at 'http://ppa.launchpad.net'. However, ppa-purge allows removing repositories hosted in other servers using the ppa form: e.g. sudo ppa-purge -s dl.google.com ppa:linux/chrome or shortly sudo ppa-purge -s dl.google.com linux/chrome will catc

ppa-purge

2016-11-28 Thread Jarno Suni
I have contributed to ppa-purge a lot this year. It can also remove other repositories than Launchpad PPAs. Would it be better to call it remove-apt-repository? If not, I suppose I should do a merge proposal. But I can't. And I have not received any support lately. Nor any feedback. https://answ

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-18 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Friday, October 14, 2016 1:18 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson > wrote: > > Hi Jarno, > > The cold truth is that you can't make money from the kind of help script > you have written. People in this community contribute their work all the > time for free. We contribute our time and skill, and bene

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:23 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > Some advices, especially from the Ubuntu community, on official Ubuntu > channels, are encouraging novices to learn. Those sites are monitored by > the Ubuntu community. Even blogs that are not official Ubuntu > channels, aren't n

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 6:55 PM, Xen wrote: > I think this is a form of vandalism Ralf. A paranoid message about how > users must double check the correct source of whatever script they use. > Someone points you to a page he's done and you immediately start to edit > it? Because you k

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 4:37 PM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > > Jarno, please reply to the list only, ok > I only wanted to point out that already with minimal knowledge about > writing shell scripts, it is possible to write a script, that fits to > individual user needs. If a novice only w

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Friday, October 14, 2016 1:18 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson > wrote: > There is a script in the archive to help remove old kernels. If I had > several old kernels installed, I could easily install the byobu package > and run the purge-old-kernels command. Well, byobu package does not have the

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Saturday, October 15, 2016 3:06 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > > On Friday, October 14, 2016 2:11 AM, J Fernyhough > wrote: > > >> Doesn't `apt-get autoremove` remove old kernel versions already? (IIRC > it keeps three? old versions) > > > It depend

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
On Friday, October 14, 2016 2:11 AM, J Fernyhough wrote: >Doesn't `apt-get autoremove` remove old kernel versions already? (IIRC it >keeps three? old versions) It depends on script /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal and when it is run last time, which automatically installed kernels i

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-15 Thread Jarno Suni
> On Friday, October 14, 2016 3:18 AM, Ralf Mardorf > wrote: > I don't need to care about dkms, an universal script must care about it, > too. I only need to care about lowlatency, an universal script should > be able to handle all types of kernels, including local builds. An > universal scrip

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-13 Thread Jarno Suni
Okay, I have created the project in Launchpad. I am using git. If I get enough support, I will publish the script. Here is where you can support: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/38300038-feature-request-the-command-should-work-like-this -- Jarno Suni - http://iki.fi/8/ > On Thurs

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-10-06 Thread Jarno Suni
. -- Jarno Suni - http://iki.fi/8/ > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 10:32 PM, Jarno Suni > wrote: > > Here is some update. My script does not use linux-version anymore. But I > > named > the script linux-purge. It can remove kernels even in some problem cases >

Re: Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-09-27 Thread Jarno Suni
later, if there is enough interest. -- Jarno Suni - http://iki.fi/8/ > On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 2:29 PM, Jarno Suni wrote: > > Now that linux-base is part of .?ubuntu 16.04, I think it would be good to > > add a > linux-kernel removal tool to linux-base. On the other ha

Dropbox wants to update

2016-09-27 Thread Jarno Suni
Hi I have installed nautilus-dropbox on Trusty. Now it tells I have to update in order to continue using the product. If I follow instructions, I am guided to install a .deb that conflicts nautilus-dropbox. How to proceed? -- Jarno Suni - http://iki.fi/8/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing

Adding a kernel removal script to linux-base or elsewhere

2016-05-24 Thread Jarno Suni
by "apt-config dump"? -- Jarno Suni - http://iki.fi/8/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss