>>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Joost> Apt-get is generally much cooler when run as a dselect method. Joost> It will save you many pains if you take 30 minutes to learn the Joost> principles behind dselect and its slightly weird key Joost> assignments (it's still much easier to learn than vi). Joost> People who tell you to use apt-get directly are generally Joost> ill-informed. If you do not understand what dselect does for Joost> you, that means that you have to do it yourself if you don't Joost> use dselect. Unfortunately, it seems that many people do not Joost> understand what dselect is supposed to do. For the relatively uninitated amongst us, could you spell this out quickly. What does dselct do that apt-get doesn't? I remember hearing on a list that it doesn't handle suggests and reccomends, is there anything else? If so, what? Is this in a FAQ? I checked the debian faq and it lists some things dselect can do, but it seems apt-get does some too... -Eric
