Re: "dselect" replacement project ("deity")y
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Sorry. I should have been specific. I was talking about the ftp install and
assumed he was too.
On 12-Apr-97 Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Leslie Mikesell wrote:
>
>> > Yes. Many have raised the issue of conflicts on install. The answer at
this
>> > point is to run configure over and over. Each time it will install
something
>> > that is needed to settle the conflicts. The problem is that the selected
>> > files aren't in dependant order. Hopefully the new project will address
this
>> > problem.
>>
>> Note that RedHat gets this right, at least on the initial install. They
>> prompt for groups of programs that generally would be chosen together
>> and hide the ugly details unless you ask to pick individual items.
>> It may be nice to individually pick every file on a unix distribution
>> but most people have better things to do. These days you probably
>> can't buy a disk that is too small to hold a fairly complete
>> installation.
>
>Okay, apparently Debian also has no problem doing this, BUT if you do an
>ftp install it will fail because of a bug in dpkg-ftp, Bug#8660 actually.
>
>If you use a cdrom or some other mounted media it will be able to
>correctly identify the package order and install accordingly. If not then
>please tell me now!
>
>Thanks,
>Jason
>
Have a good one.
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Rick Jones E-Mail: Rick <rickya@siservices.net>
Date: 12-Apr-97 Time: 01:13:05
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