Mr. Elphick:
I'm resending this, sans attachments, and to the list this time for others
edification, to correct some typos by my attempt to recreate the shell
dialogue. Those first two lines are cat'ing diversions, not diversions.txt.
It seemed simpler than a continuous exchange of questions to clarify what
it is you are looking for. But in case I do understand where you are
going, here is a quick shell dialogue that could permit you to delete these
text files unopened.
biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat diversions | grep Package: > packages.txt
biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat diversions | grep sql > sql.txt
biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat packages.txt | grep sql > sqlpackages.txt
biko:/var/lib/dpkg# cat sqlpackages.txt
Package: mysql-common
Package: php4-pgsql
Package: mysql-server
Package: libmysqlclient10
Package: postgresql-client
Package: libdbd-mysql-perl
Package: postgresql
Package: postgresql-doc
Package: mysql-client
Package: libpgsql2
Package: php4-mysql
biko:/var/lib/dpkg#
I'm guessing that this diversion file tracks every package ever installed?
Thanks again for your help.
-- Hugh Esco