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[Timothy Musson]

Jim Cheetham, 2004-07-06 12:04:14:
> Timothy Musson wrote:
> >Fun: the "vrms" (Virtual RMS) package gets its thrills by sending me
> >a monthly reminder to uninstall the non-free "unzip" package.

> Look in /var/lib/dpkg/status (which is what vrms does, btw).
> You're looking for the Section to include "non-free", and the Status to 
> be "installed".
 
> grep -A2 -B1 "Status.* installed" /var/lib/dpkg/status \
> 	|grep -v Priority \
> 	|grep -B2 non-free


Package: unzip
Status: install ok installed
Section: non-free/utils

Thanks for those tips :)


Tim
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