On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 08:00:19AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I've been putting the finishing touches on my book, and ran across a bit > of confusion. One of the anXious config screens, the one for setting the > mouse device, indicates that /dev/gpmdata should be used if gpm is being > installed. However, the entry into this phase was done by choosing > "simple" and then picking from a bunch of task packages. I can't tell > which of these task packages installs gpm. I've done several installs with > different selections from the presented tasks, and it seems that I always > get gpm. I haven't gone through all the info screens on the task > screen. Should I expect to find this information there? > > I expect it will be listed in the package list provided by apt-get, but > most of that scrolls off the screen before it can possibly be read, so I > couldn't verify anything from that either. > > Any pointers are greatly appreciated. > > Luck, > > Dwarf > -- > _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- > > aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 > Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road > e-mail: dwarf@polaris.net Tallahassee, FL 32308 > > _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_- Well, time to learn something :) if you do apt-cache showpkg gpm, it shows the reverse depends, and after looking at it i can see that at least in woody, there isn't a task that installs it. A little more research ... apt-cache show gpm | grep ^Priority ... Priority: standard Which means that gpm will always be installed by default :) Erik Bernhardson journey@jps.net -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Abraham Lincoln
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