Simply get rid of your old crufty packages (one liner)

[blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org (Tom Metro)]

Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> $ sudo -i
> # while true; do aptitude -s reinstall ~i 2>&1 | grep "able to locate
> file for the" | aptitude -y remove $(awk '{print $10}'); done

And how does this compare to deborphan, a tool specifically made for 
doing this safely?

  -Tom

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