Re: Checking for old tex packages .....
Hi,
>>"Carey" == Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz> writes:
Carey> Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes: [snip]
Carey> Wouldn't it be easier, faster and more compatible with dpkg to
Carey> do something like:
[...] snipped
No, this won't work as expected, since dpkg truncates things
in column 2 to fit. Try something like the snippet below my signature
(untested, but should work)
Carey> Am I missing something?
Only one of the installed package names is correct below.
__> dpkg -l kernel*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===============-==============-============================================
ii kernel-image-2. c501 Linux kernel binary image.
ii kernel-image-2. c501 Linux kernel binary image.
ii kernel-package 3.38 Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
un kernel-source <none> (no description available)
[...]
manoj
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#!/bin/sh
OLDPACKAGES="amsfonts amslatex amstex babel bibtex dviljk dvipsk kpathsea kpaths ea-dev latex latex2e-doc ltxgraph ltxmisc ltxtool makeindex mfbasfnt mfbin mfdcf nt mfnfss ntgclass oldgerman pandora ps2pk psnfss texbin texi2html texinfo texli b texpsfnt textfm xdvik tetex tetexlib tetexdoc"
echo -en "\n checking for old tex packages "
set X "$OLDPACKAGES"
shift
for pkg
do
if `dpkg -l $pkg 2>/dev/null | egrep ^ii `
then
PACKAGES="$PACKAGES $pkg"
fi
done
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