> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Yesterday apt-get maliciously lunched my install (okay, okay, I was
> trying to upgrade firestarter even though apt-get told me to file a bug
> report because it thought the install was impossible... more on that coming
> up soon).
:} I'd t
> What are you thinking dselect does for you that apt-get doesn't?
well, this is just an anecdote (the singular of data...), but -
Yesterday apt-get maliciously lunched my install(okay, okay, I was
trying
to upgrade firestarter even though apt-get told me to file a bug report
because it though
> From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Aptitude, apt-get and dpkg are more than enough to help me out in a
> command line environ. Actually I do not use any other interfaces for
> package management.
Then... Why are you complaining?
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> From: Steven Satelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:57:43 +, ricktaylor wrote:
> > Personally, I'd use kpackage or synaptic in X and dselect in a terminal
> > {mainly because synaptic and kpackage are easier to read... the
>
> I've always found that unless I stick to on
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 06:39, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> >> From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> > DO NOT USE dselect!
>> >
>> > Why not?
>>
>> Why are you asking m
On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 19:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > > Apt-get has MUCH MUCH better dependency handling (yes I know
> about t
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:57:43 +, ricktaylor wrote:
>
> Personally, I'd use kpackage or synaptic in X and dselect in a terminal
> {mainly because synaptic and kpackage are easier to read... the
I've always found that unless I stick to one package manager - synaptic at
the moment, they resolv
> From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > Apt-get has MUCH MUCH better dependency handling (yes I know about that
> >
> > How's that?
>
> Mainly apt-get doesn't screw with thin
On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 16:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > Apt-get has MUCH MUCH better dependency handling (yes I know about that
>
> How's that?
I am subscribed to D-U.
Mainly apt-get doesn't screw with things that way dselect does, in its
ne
> From: Greg Folkert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Apt-get has MUCH MUCH better dependency handling (yes I know about that
How's that?
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On (13/07/04 13:36), Thomas Adam wrote:
> --- Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > apt-get is flat out much better. Some people are now recommending
> > aptitude as it has a more sane handling of suggests and recommends.
>
> Horses for courses. Aptitude is *far* from a useable product.
--- Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> apt-get is flat out much better. Some people are now recommending
> aptitude as it has a more sane handling of suggests and recommends.
Horses for courses. Aptitude is *far* from a useable product.
-- Thomas Adam
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On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 06:39, Paul Johnson wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >> From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 22:35, William F. Dudley Jr. wrote:
> >
> >> >> I was trying to figure out why xsane was dumpi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> From: Paul Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 22:35, William F. Dudley Jr. wrote:
>
>> >> I was trying to figure out why xsane was dumping core,
>> >> and fiddling with package selections using dsele
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 22:35, William F. Dudley Jr. wrote:
>> I was trying to figure out why xsane was dumping core,
>> and fiddling with package selections using dselect,
>> and now dselect wants to uninstall most of the packages:
>
> DO NOT USE dselect!
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