RE: configuring packages as a separate step
Perhaps I misunderstand the dselect installation process, but I thought
that dselect unpacks the all selected packages before running the
installation and configuration scripts. If one configuration goes badly
wrong, doesn't this leave a bundle of unpacked and unconfigured packages
lying about?
Probably confused,
Casper Boden-Cummins.
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>From: bruce@pixar.com[SMTP:bruce@pixar.com]
>Sent: 21 August 1996 05:45
>To: Casper BodenCummins; 'debian-user@lists.debian.org'
>Subject: configuring packages as a separate step
>
>From: Casper BodenCummins <bodec@Sherwood.co.uk>
>> I like your suggestion of configuring packages as a separate step.
>
>There may be a bit of misunderstanding here. I did an update of my
>system
>from the "rex" (unstable) directory today using the FTP method of
>dselect.
>Updating from "rex" is a good way to get new bugs, but developers have
>to
>do that. Anyway, the system downloaded and installed all the updated
>packages
>and then configured all of the updated packages. Is this not what your
>system
>does?
>
>In any case, you can use "dselect" to _select_ all of the packages you
>want, and then exit dselect and run "dpkg" to install and then select
>the ones you've selected. You'll have to figure out the right flags,
>but you should be able to separate the installation and configuration
>steps. I think this is exactly what "dselect" does - it just runs
>"dpkg" once to install, and once to configure.
>
>Am I not understanding the problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bruce
>
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