On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Nathan E Norman wrote: > There's one problem: dselect is retarded WRT "Recommends". That is, <...> > you. Annoying. Fortunately, you can tell dselect "No really, I want > you to not install package foo" by typing 'Q' to exit the resolution > screen, but it's still a PITA.
I would say persistent rather than retarded. Dselect works best if you have a good grasp of the packaging system, and consequently know when to use "Q" or "X" and when to fall back to dpkg -i... - Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]