On 02/05/2010 02:29 AM, P.J. Eby wrote:
At 01:55 AM 2/5/2010 +0100, Tarek Ziadé wrote:
I think it's still useful, because it points the root packages that
can be removed
safely without breaking the system -- even if leaving orphaned
packages behind.
Any opinion ?
I think it's a good idea to have a way to tell what packages were *not*
installed to satisfy dependencies.
Debian/ubuntu has a mechanism to clean up packages that were once
installed to satisfy dependencies but that aren't needed anymore.
The handiest course of action is probably looking up how they do it.
(/me doesn't know now it works internally, btw)
Reinout
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