On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Bill Allombert wrote:

> Package: deborphan
> Version: 1.7.18
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hello Peter,
> 
> Despite what the manpage say, I find deborphan -a very useful on small
> server/firewall type box when I want to have a minimum of packages
> installed.
> 
> However, deborphan -a miss some packages that are orphaned.
> I can send you examples privately.

Maybe you get caught by recommends?  Try -n.

> BTW is there a way to specify the path to the status file for testing
> purpose ?

Yes,

       -f, --status-file=FILE
              Use FILE as the status file.

Cheers,
Peter
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