-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I'm not aware of a unhold command but that's the idea. But I used hold more than once since it didn't put everything on hold for some reason. So the status has 2 layers of hold and I can't revert to the previous state since it's the same for the most part. I can always go file by file and mark them for install but I want to know if there's a command to clear everything so I can update the lists and go from there WITHOUT clearing the info on installed pkgs. Example: I just installed base and want to do an ftp install. I go get the rex pkgs list and update. I realise that I wanted bo instead so I go back around and change to bo. The rex status is still in place marked for install. How do I clear the pkg list to show only what I want? This isn't a very good example. It's just off the top of my head. When I try to install after deleting a directory from the ftp list that was updated it will still try to get the files from the dir I removed from the ftp list. I hope that makes sense to you. It's almost 2am here and I'm getting punchy. On 11-Apr-97 Christian Hudon wrote: >On Apr 11, Rick wrote >> >> I sent this a few days ago but got no answer. >> >> Does anybody know how to clear dselect status? I used hold to select only >> the bo pkgs I wanted to install thinking I could reset the suggested status. >> But it don't work. How do I reset the pkgs to the suggested state? I tried >> renaming the status files but dselect just crashed. > >Huh? Do you mean 'Unhold' doesn't work? It certainly works for me. > >If you really want to do it using dpkg, have a look at '--set-selections' >Safer than playing with the status file directly. > > Christian Have a good one. - ---------------------------------- Rick Jones E-Mail: Rick <rickya@siservices.net> Date: 12-Apr-97 Time: 01:45:52 - ---------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM08hkAi+Ph+i3TgpAQH/jwP7BUeSNhCkYHNUBxw6QHBi73DlQ8MYfTYv tQfLIzVEhYg9yY8B1RTA+OuwGDehQDYPhEtpCJBp6wBCEtQwQpIInCtZp8SD7DA1 0q+0dqTWatANew5+ijGbem+PShDYrkXxU1iinNjIWLuM4D8a9UJlo5G8pESemOxl yYjITZ7W0wc= =ZHmY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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