Re: testing is broken
> > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 11:54:32PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > > > Users who say "I want all the optional packages", which every official
> > > > Debian statement says they should be able to do, get a vastly
> > > > confusing maze of conflicts.
> > > How do you get to say that? I was sure you could, but it doesn't seem
> > > to be listed in the dselect help.
> > The definitions of optional and extra tend to suggest it, for one thing.
>
> I mean, you run dselect, and then press what buttons to select all
> of optional? Is there an easier way than just going through every package
> and hitting + unless it's extra?
Well, you can go to the heading "Available Optional Packages", hit +, and
it'll all be queued for installation.
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