Package: cruft

[Derek Broughton]

NoOp wrote:

> Has anyone used this package?
> 
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/admin/cruft
>> Find any cruft built up on your system
>> 
>> cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that
>> shouldn't be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but
>> isn't.
>> 
>> It bases most of its results on dpkg's database, as well as a list of
>> `extra files' that can appear during the lifetime of various
>> packages.
>> 
>> cruft is still in pre-release;

!! That's as bad as Wine.  I haven't used "cruft" in 7 or 8 years!

>> your assistance in improving its 
>> accuracy and performance is appreciated.
> 
> Given that I've upgraded my systems over time from Dapper > Edgy >
> Feisty > Gutsy, this package caught my eye & I am thinking that it might
> be a useful program to go through and check/clean my systems.
> 
> man cruft seems to indicate that this thing will take off & start
> removing things if the correct parametors are not set in the command. So
> I figure I'd better check here first to see if anyone has used it, and
> if so, what their experience has been.

I'm fairly sure that it didn't _used_ to remove things, but it's been so
long...
-- 
derek