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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:
| 
| > 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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