On 12/30/2010 01:40 PM, Account for Debian group mail wrote: > > Are you saying that dselect is no longer usefull on doing security > upgrades? I've been using dselect for over 15 years doing just that. The > only time I've used aptitude is for doing major version upgrades. If there > is a problem with dselect let's get it fixed or remove it from use. No, I am simply saying that aptitude simply solves better the dependencies than dselect [1], so, if you have problems because dselect is choosing a solution that you don't like when solving package dependencies then give a try to aptitude. [1] I was attacked by dselect as a small child and have since avoided debian. – Andrew Morton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dselect http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-uptodate.en.html
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