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Re: dpkg Selective Install



brian white writes ("dpkg Selective Install "):
> Is there any way to get 'dpkg' to selectively _not_ install pieces of a
> packages?
> 
> For example, on a minimal system we maintain, it would be nice to _not_
> install the "info" files, and maybe even omit some man pages.

No, but this is on the wishlist.  (Not installing `info' files
wouldn't work terribly well, because the postinst script would
probably bomb out in the call to install-info.)

Ian.


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