Control: reopen -1
Control: tag -1 - squeeze
Hi,
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> Package: debian-goodies
> Version: 0.53
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: squeeze
>
> It would be nice to have some kind of helper which wades thru the installed
> packages on a system and checks if they can be re-downloaded.
This bug was tagged wrongly as there never was and still is no such
tool in debian-goodies. Hence declaring that it is only present in
squeeze does not make sense. Hence reopening.
I though think the package list in question can be generate with some
"aptitude search" plus some options. The following commands I use
occassionally already come close:
CLI: aptitude search '~i ?any-version(!~O.) !~U !~o'
TUI: aptitude -o 'Aptitude::Pkg-Display-Limit=~i ?any-version(!~O.) !~U !~o'
Both list all packages which are installed but which
* are installed in a version which has no origin (usually the download
server), and
* are not upgradable, and
* are not obsolete, i.e. downloadable in some other version.
With the proper logical combination of these properties, the requested
feature should be doable. By using the -F option the result can be
formatted accordingly, e.g.
$ aptitude -F'%c%a%M %p %t %v %V' search '~i ?any-version(!~O.) !~U'
are all currently installed packages which are not downloadable in
their installed version (or not downloadable at all).
"%t" is only expanded for downloadable packages, so is only helpful if
the search pattern is wider, e.g.
$ aptitude -F'%c%a%M %p %t %v %V' search '~i'
Regards, Axel
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