Re: Is this the right place for Dselect discussion
On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 08:39:29AM +0100, Wyss, Otto wrote:
> > Apt is the recommended dselect method. I'm not saying stop using
> > dselect, I'm saying use dselect with the apt method.
> >
> Okay I missed that point. Now I've switched to apt mode and it's much
> better. Unfortunatly dselect still tries to configure packages which are set
> on hold.
Hmm. Yes, you're right, that's counter-intuitive. However, it *is*
correct behaviour.
If a package is installed, but unconfigured, it's broken. It must
either be uninstalled, or configured, but there's no way of leaving it
like that. 'Hold' means it won't be updated to a new version, but it
won't stop it being configured.
Jules
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