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Re: Package names for utility pakcages


On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote:

> The next proposal should be taken seriously if a facility is added to
> the packages database structure for removing obsolete (not in use, out
> of date, whatever) package names from the packages database
> (/var/lib/dpkg/{available,status}). If this facility isn't added
> changing package names will increase the number of unused entries in
> the dselect select list.
> 

I personally filter the file /var/lib/dpkg/status using the following script:

#!/usr/bin/perl

while(<>) {
        if(/^Package:/) {
                if( @package>0 && $status==1 ) {
                        for $line (@package) { print $line; }
                        }
                $status=0;
                undef @package;
                }
        elsif(/^Status:/) {
                if(/purge ok not\-installed/) { $status=0; }
                else { $status=1; }
                }
        push(@package,$_);
        }




It works for me, but I can not guarantee that it'll work for you. I 
dedicated only a couple of minutes to it.

Fernando.