Bug#342787: deborphan -a miss some packages
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. BTW is there a way to specify the path to the status file for testing purpose ? Cheers, -- Bill. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342787: deborphan -a miss some packages
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 -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** messages preferred.| : :' : The universal | `. `' Operating System http://www.palfrader.org/ | `-http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342787: deborphan -a miss some packages
Hello Peter, I have identified two problems: 1) if a package Depends of foo | bar, then both foo and bar are considered non-orphaned. 2) if a package Depends of baz and If foo and bar Provides baz, then both foo and bar are considered non-orphaned. How can we improve this ? For example here I have 45 window managers that provide x-window-manager and a single package that has a dependency on kwin | x-window-manager. deborphan will not consider any of the wm orphaned. Cheers, -- Bill. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342787: deborphan -a miss some packages
retitle 342787 deborphan treats alternatives and provides in a way that is not always desirable thanks On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Bill Allombert wrote: Hello Peter, I have identified two problems: 1) if a package Depends of foo | bar, then both foo and bar are considered non-orphaned. 2) if a package Depends of baz and If foo and bar Provides baz, then both foo and bar are considered non-orphaned. Yes, I was aware of these limitations. How can we improve this ? For example here I have 45 window managers that provide x-window-manager and a single package that has a dependency on kwin | x-window-manager. deborphan will not consider any of the wm orphaned. Hmm. Good question. If you do come up with a nice solution and a patch please let me know! It would be nice to fix this, but it would possibly also require chanking some UI. For instance you can't just list all the windowmanagers in your example, because then things would break if the user tried to remove them all. -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** messages preferred.| : :' : The universal | `. `' Operating System http://www.palfrader.org/ | `-http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
