Bug#284648: Fwd: R: Bug#284648: Configuration problems with aptitude
> > Sounds like something not related to the installation system.
>
> I do not know what you mean for installation system problem
Depends on your point of view. For us, "Debian Installer" is everything
that happens _before_ the reboot of the system, and some aspects of the
base-configuration after the reboot.
We concentrate on that part, but try to help with any other issues (like
package selection and configuration of X11).
> 2. I selected in the "task selection" (formerly) the items "Desktop
> application" (or something like that) and "Select single applications"
> (or something like that).
I think you mean "manual package selection". There are some known problems
with that [1], so I'm not surprised you had problems when trying to
select an additional individual package at this stage.
It is currently better to finish the installation first and install any
additional packages afterwards.
> 6. in order to achieve my targets I had to log as root and to use
> dselect which worked fine...
I think you could just have well used aptitude here.
I'm not sure what exactly happened after you selected cvs the first time,
but I don't think it is a bug.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=272360
Cheers,
FJP
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