[Vrms-devel] Bug#826074: vrms: Does not list package installed using .deb file.

[Ryan Murray]

Package: vrms
Version: 1.16
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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I needed to install non-free drivers for my printer. I realized
that installing packages using .deb files circumvents vrms (using dpkg
-i filename.deb). It would be nice if there was a way for the user to mark known non-free packages manually.

I like using vrms to "keep track" of the few non-free packages I have,
so I know to try and replace them with free alternatives eventually.

Thanks,
Ryan


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.4
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

-- no debconf information