dpkg 0.93.73: dselect user interface improvements

[Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

This version has a new-look dselect, which I hope will be easier to
use.  The multi-package selection features work by selecting
particular lines in the display, rather than by having the weird
horizontal highlight movement of previous versions.

The help is better and doesn't appear in the bottom half of the screen
any more - instead you get it by pressing `?'.

I have done some testing myself, of course, but this version of
dselect may turn out to be less stable than the previous one.

I'd like everyone who feels able to try out this new version of
dselect and let me know what they think.  Suggestions for minor and
obviously beneficial improvements will be acted on; requests for major
changes this close to the release are likely to be ignored, but I'll
file them for future reference.

This version's preinst script will remove the old non-functional hard
disk methods which were distributed in /usr/lib/dpkg/hd with some base
disks.  However, this will only happen if you're upgrading directly
from a pre-0.93.50 dpkg.  If you have a more recent dpkg you will have
to remove /usr/lib/dpkg/hd manually, as before.

dpkg (0.93.73) BETA; priority=LOW

  * dselect multi-package selection now done by `divider' lines
    actually in the package list, rather than horizontal highlight
    movement.
  * dselect help available, and keybindings rationalised.

  * postinst removes /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/hd if upgrading from
    0.93.42.3 or earlier.
  * `hold' flag changed to be settable by the user only, and
    made orthogonal to the `reinstallation required' flag.
  * dpkg will install by default any packages with priority of
    `standard' or better unless they're explictly deselected.

  * dselect dependency/conflict resolution will suggest marking absent
    packages for `purge' rather than `deinstall'.
  * disk method script produces message about invoking dpkg.
  * dpkg produces warning, not error, when it gets EPERM trying to
    remove a directory belonging to a package being removed.
  * dpkg, dpkg-deb usage error reporting improved.
  * dselect detects too-dumb terminals and stops.
  * dpkg-deb(8) updated a little (thanks to Bill Mitchell).

  * dselect debugmake script uses -O0.

 -- Ian Jackson <iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk>  Sun, 10 Sep 1995 12:23:05 +0100

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