Bug#57537: can't skip dselect
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: 2.2.6
> >
> > There is no option to skip running dselect.
>
> This is a base-config issue.
>
> One thing to keep in mind -- if you don't run dselect and don't run tasksel,
> you are left with a system without the required/important packages
> installed. this leaves a system in a fairly "broken" state with respect to
> installing other packages.
I have limited HDD space and no 'net connection.
It is cleaner and easier to use dpkg to install minicom and lrzsz then
manually download whatever else I want onto the HDD after the install,
rather than download stuff ahead of time and put it on floppies.
Clearly, I can just "quit" dselect, but it would be nice to skip it.
I suppose I should have attached a "Severity: wishlist" to the report.
later,
Bruce
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