On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 07:25:19PM +0200, Christophe Courtois wrote: > I know this problem :-) I suppose this is KDE3. > The second time, I was fed up with this dependency problem, and each time > I use dselect, I make a backup of /var/lib/dpkg/status to make a rollback > if I forget to type Ctrl-X when dselect suggests to get rid of half of > the system (dselect is not very good for a mix of woody, sarge and > sid...) > > cp /var/lib/dpkg/status /mnt/bak/sys/status.`date +%F-%X`
Wow! Sure looks like a lot of work to manage dependencies. Have you tried aptitude? I have been using it for about a year. The curses-based frontend is quite user friendly, and you can actually preview the changes before they go into effect. -Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
