G'day list, I'm somehow managed to mung the dselect database to a point where it wants to uninstall a heap of critical packages and install a boatload of stuff I don't want.
I'm uninclined to ferret through the entire dselect package listing to try and work out whats happened - it would be far quicker to just reinstall Debian (potato). At this point, what I really need to do is to somehow rebuild the dselect database so that it can start afresh (if you like) with only those packages that are actually installed. I've read everything I can get my hands on in the system, also on dejanews and debian.org and cannot see any way to stop the persistance of package selection/deselection from previous dselect instances. I noticed from my searching of dejanews that this is an often asked question, perhaps the 2nd most asked question of all time (after 'Is debian any good?') - yet no solutions seem to have ever been suggested that don't involve a huge amount of manual selection/deselection work. Anyone got some ideas? Cheers, Craig ====================================================== Zayne Technical PH:(08) 9444 5587 Web http://www.omen.com.au/~zayne Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================
