deborphan and lynx

[NoOp]

On 09/25/2010 01:32 PM, baldyeti wrote:
> I have a system which I upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04.
> Every once in a while I like to run deborphan and get
> rid of unneeded packages. But currently deborphan
> generates a longish list of things it thinks the system
> no longer needs; so long I am not sure I can trust it anymore.
> Has anyone noticed something similar?
> 
> libgnome-speech7        libopenal0a             libnautilus-burn4
> libffi4                 libparted0              libgtkhtml2-0
> libsgutils1             libglut3                libnm-glib0
> libgpod3                libportaudio0           libggzmod4
> libdirectfb-1.0-0       libsmbios1              libgucharmap6
> libnm-util0             libpolkit-gnome0        libx11-xcb1
> libmtp7                 libraw1394-8            libdns32
> libalut0                libpoppler-glib2        sysvutils
> libtotem-plparser10     libgutenprint2          libgnomeprintui2.2-comm
> libelfg0                libiw29                 libzephyr3
> gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs  libbind9-30             libconsole
> libkpathsea4            libgnomeprint2.2-data   libxklavier12
> libtracker-gtk0         libavahi-core5          libneon27
> libopal-2.2             libsensors3             libscrollkeeper0
> libotr2                 libmagick10             libcdio7
> libdmx1                 libavahi-compat-libdnss liblwres30
> libwvstreams4.4-extras  libhunspell-1.1-0       libgmime-2.0-2
> libntfs-3g23            diff                    libgnutls13

>From a few random checks:
$ apt-cache policy libmtp7
libmtp7:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
     0.2.6.1-2ubuntu1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[seems ok to remove]

$ apt-cache policy libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnomeprint2.2-data:
  Installed: 2.18.6-1build2
  Candidate: 2.18.6-1build2
  Version table:
 *** 2.18.6-1build2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[not ok.]

$ apt-cache policy sysvutils
sysvutils:
  Installed: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17
  Candidate: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17
  Version table:
 *** 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
[maybe ok.]
[This dummy package is provided for a smooth transition from the
previous sysvutils package (the package is replaced by sysvinit-utils).
It may safely be removed after installation.]

Yeah... I'd be very wary of deborphan. So check launchpad & file a bug
report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/deborphan