Re: Too many packages!

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > Note:  You DEselect what you want to remove.  When I first used dselect, I
> > unselected everything and then selected the packages I wanted to remove.
> > You can guess the rest...
> 
> That probably should be clarified:
> 
> You select for removal or purging those packages you don't want.
> You select for holding those packages you don't want to touch.
> (You select for installing/updating those package you want.)
> 
> Right?
> 
> (Don't say "deselect" here.  It's completely ambiguous.)

You're right.  The names have changed since I last used dselect (a _long_
time ago).  At one time, it was "select/deselect" instead of
"install/remove".
                                             
                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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