Re: A simple problem with dselect ...
Richard B. Talley <olny@nmia.com> writes this day 25 Feb 98:
> The install command installs all selected programs AND removes programs
> currently installed that have been deselected by the user.
>
> Therefore to remove *one* package only, deselect that one package and
> choose *install*. This makes sense but only if you think like a computer.
>
Sorry folks. I got this all WRONG.
The install command only skips deselected packages.
I don't know what happened to the original posters dselect (it removed
everything) but install does NOT remove pkgs marked for removal. You must
use the remove command. Perhaps his dselect is corrupt in some fashion?
Perhaps he mis-understands how to select/deselect in dselect?
Richard B. Talley <olny@nmia.com>
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