On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 05:40:53PM +0100, Stig Brautaset wrote: > bah. dselect is one of the most confusing things I have ever > seen. Much easier to do: > > dpkg --get-selections > selections > > then edit the file "selections" so that the word "hold" is replaced > with "installed" for the package you want to hold, and then: > > dpkg --set-selections < selections > > dselect is evil, I am sure of it.
Has anyone suggested you yet, to look into "Linux Slackware"? I hear it's absolutely the best, ever. Cheers, Joost