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DEITY: packages unpacked but not configured



One thing that could be more than an annoyance with dpkg/dselect is that 
dpkg does not check before unpacking files, and seemingly only after
unpacking the files notices the dependencies, etc.  Wouldn't it be more
intelligent altogether to check first, before unpacking?  


Alan Davis
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