> David Gaudine wrote: > > ... maybe this has warped my attitude. But personally, I don't want > > to even *think* about installing X on a system until I've already > > installed everything else. > > Dselect is not only Debian's face to the world, it is also an > administrative tool which should be quick, powerful, and convenient > for even experienced administrators to use.
Sounds terrific. On a related note, aside from your (very correct, imho) list of dselect problems, it seems to do some very stupid things sometimes. I keep a directory /usr/local/deb full of packages I've downloaded (since I don't use dpkg-ftp due to slow PPP link, and don't have a 1.2 CD yet). I keep a directory structure there similar but not identical to the proper site. I have dselect scan these packages when I pick Update, which it does ok. However when I pick install, if I have two versions of a package in my directory, dselect will often install the newer then later replace it with the older! Especially if the older is in a later directory. I'm not sure if it occurs if they're in the same directory. I prefer dpkg by hand. When I'm searching for a package, I download Packages.gz and use less; even dselect's search is very cumbersome. Adding additional packages during the installation other than the recommended set seems to be a recipe for disaster too. hamish -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
