On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Hi. I didn't select doc-linux-text. How come it is downloaded? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed: > tetex-base kernel-source-2.2.9 tetex-bin xmanpages xserver-svga emacs20 > picon-users > 5 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's one of the 5 packages that were upgraded. Since doc-linux-text is standard priority, it's installed by default when you first install Debian.
It's extremely useful, i'd recommend keeping at least one of doc-linux-text or doc-linux-html.