Re: Thoughts regarding package installation
On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Lars Wirzenius wrote:
liw>> 2. There are too many questions when upgrading packages.
liw>
liw>I agree with this as well. It's sometimes unavoidable, I
liw>think (how do you decide what the hostname of a system is,
liw>since you can't use a fixed default when installing on a live
liw>network?), but it would be good to be able to do things more
liw>automatically. Especially when installing Debian on a lot of
liw>identical computers at once. It would be a good idea to be
liw>able to install Debian once, and then copy the answers to the
liw>new machines.
There should be no questions when UPGRADING unless absolutely necessary. I
am not talking about the initial installation.
liw>> 6. It should be possible to do "dpkg -i apache" for example and dpkg
liw>
liw>Hmm, yes, though I think that's more dselect's job. Not that I oppose
liw>adding this feature as well.
Yes. But that is the package developes daily bread. Finding that
package... . An option to install all dependant modules as well would also
be nice.
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