Re: dselect and delete archived .debs - no

2001-09-28 Thread Joey Hess
Colin Watson wrote: > apt.conf.d is mainly there so that packages can create their own > apt.conf segments in it and not have to worry too much about merging > them with those of other packages. I'd recommend that you remove that > line from /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf again, create a file called

Re: dselect and delete archived .debs - no

2001-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:52:02PM -0400, Doug Fields wrote: > Colin Watson wrote: > > man apt.conf > >In short: Put the line 'DSelect::Clean "never";' in /etc/apt/apt.conf. > > Thanks! > > Just FYI, on my woody system, I put it into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf > and that did the trick. > >

Re: dselect and delete archived .debs - no

2001-09-27 Thread Doug Fields
man apt.conf In short: Put the line 'DSelect::Clean "never";' in /etc/apt/apt.conf. Thanks! Just FYI, on my woody system, I put it into /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf and that did the trick. That file was created by the debconf package, but adding the line you suggest works. As usual, I

Re: dselect and delete archived .debs - no

2001-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 05:59:27PM -0400, Doug Fields wrote: > I _never_ want to delete the downloaded .deb files. > > However, I haven't figured out a way to get dselect to stop asking. And, > every now and then, I hit one too many returns and it defaults to "delete." man apt.conf In short:

dselect and delete archived .debs - no

2001-09-27 Thread Doug Fields
Hi all, I _never_ want to delete the downloaded .deb files. However, I haven't figured out a way to get dselect to stop asking. And, every now and then, I hit one too many returns and it defaults to "delete." So, I often end up downloading the same package(s) several times, wasting my bandwi