Re: Dpkg Update Proposal
Craig Sanders wrote:
> 300 sounds like a lot...are you including all shared libs and -dev and
> -altdev packages?
No, I was just including everything that ended with a number. That excludes
the -dev packages and it probably includes some things that don't belong. As
I said, it's a "crude" count.
> in any case, i don't see it as a problem. IMO, the fact that they have
> different package names is USEFUL information. it tells me that there's
> something possibly weird or dangerous going on and i should be extra
> careful before i select it in dselect...maybe even switch to another
> shell and investigate further by unpacking the package in /tmp and
> reading the changelog or readme.Debian before installing it.
So you want new users to be scared/confused into doing this with all 300
packages?
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