max

i updated to the cvs version of the package manager wand was of course 
courious what the fink cleanup command does. i have missed the 
discussion how it should be implemented and what kind of options it 
should have, and  i couldn't find any help on it.

from the cvs:
"added first version of a 'fink cleanup' command - still needs work, but 
already saved me 1.7 GB"

so what i have noticed:
it removes all .deb files which are out of date (a newer version of this 
package can be built)

i didn't have any old sources, so i can't tell whether it removes old 
sources as well. here's what i would like a cleanup command to do

fink cleanup
(cleanup everything: old sources, ols .debs, even if the new ones are 
not yet built, ie only a new .info file exists. ask for confirmation)

fink cleanup -s
(or something like that. cleanup old sources only, leave all the .deb 
files)

fink cleanup -o
(can someone think of a better option than -o... remove .deb files only 
if a newer is already built on the system)

i'm asking for the second as for some packages it takes hours or to 
compile and sometimes is just used to satisfy a dependency. for example 
i didn't feel like building mozilla-1.0rc3-1 just to install for example 
nautilus or galeon or whatever but reinstalled the old (outdated) 
mozilla-0.9.somewhat.

sometimes problems occur after a update-all and it can be helpful to try 
a --force-downgrade  to see what causes the problem. after a fink 
cleanup no old .deb file would exist anymore.

what do you think? is than reasonable?

thank you very much, sorry for any inconvenience

mathias


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