Re: dselect taking ages to install
Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> Robin Stephenson <robin.stephenson@blackwell.co.uk> writes:
>
> > When I have picked out a couple of packages in dselect to install
> > (over NFS from a local mirror) it takes ages to complete: it seems to
> > be scanning every available package rather than going to the ones that
> > need installing. The messages are `Skipping deselected package foo.'
> > and `Version bar of foo already installed, skipping.'. Is there a way
> > to configure this to not happen?
>
> Installing via a local ftp server prevents this. Also I heard that
> some other options disable it, but afaik that something for the TODO
> list for dselect.
Actually there is another way: Install apt and then tell dselect to
install via apt. As soon as apt is installed, the option appears in
dselects options.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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