Re: dselect survey
* "Thaddeus H. Black"
| John Hasler:
|
| > My last use of it was long ago, but I remember it clearly. Too clearly.
| > I'd rather use dpkg directly.
|
| Tollef Fog Heen:
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| > I'd rather use ar, tar, hack dpkg's status file and run the maintainer
| > scripts by hand.
| >
| > (Or flip the bits on the drive with a pair of tweezers and a small
| > magnet.)
[...]
| (I would prefer to commit dselect source changes by tweezers and a small
| magnet, incidentally. I have learned this method from Tollef. If dpkg
| Arch is not yet configured for tweezers and a small magnet, can it be?)
The second method was a slight exaggeration. The first, however, is
not. I've installed a some hosts using that method. Works fine.
--
Tollef Fog Heen ,''`.
UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are : :' :
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