Hello George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Jiri Baum wrote: > > Hello Zack Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > > I suggest that, by default, dependencies should be downloaded > > > before the files that depend upon them. > > > > Any particular reason? > > I can think of a good one that really bugs me. Using the apt method from > dselect, if a single package fails to download the none of the packages > are installed.
Why wouldn't they be installed? (I don't use apt.) I would've thought they'd get installed, but not configured. > install all packages retrieved before the failure with a high > degree of confidance that they will install. In most cases, install should work OK, configure shouldn't. Confused. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
