Re: [gNewSense-users] Would this script be useful to clean up Package files?

[Bake Timmons]

>> Given the contents of a package file, any "Suggests:" or "Recommends:"
>> lines are stripped of any names of packages with no installation
>> candidate, e.g., non-free packages.
>> 
>> Attached is a little (lightly tested) filter script.  Time for me to
>> file a bug on this, as Sam suggested.
>
> I think i follow :)
>
> I take it the usage would be server side while generating
> Packages[,.gz,.bz2], before pushing to the mirror?

Yes -- unless there is a better way.