Bug#1385: dselect selects some packages without asking
Package: dpkg
Version: 0.93.75
On Mon, 18 Sep 1995 14:52:10 -0400 (EDT), dhs@firefly.com (David H. Silber) said:
> I suggest that each issue be registered as a seperate bug with debian-bugs.
I wrote:
> I used dselect (dpkg 0.93.75) for the first time this weekend. It
> seems very powerful. Although I feel much more comfortable with it
> after having spent a few hours with it, there were some rude shocks
> in learning how to use it:
> 1. I thought I would start small and just install a couple packages at
> first to get the hang of it. After selecting two packages, I was
> very surprised to find that dselect had chosen many more packages
> FOR ME and installed them without even asking. I suppose these
> were the recommended packages and I should have noticed that they
> had been selected for me. However, this was not at all
> anticipated. It would be better to provide an option to "Select all
> recommended packages" instead of assuming that the user actually wants
> this.
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