Re: Problems upgrading a2ps (hamm)
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 11:20:01PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > > The latest packages update includes a2ps_4.10.2-4. When I try to upgrade
> > > from 4.10-4 using dselect, it says that tetex-bin is recommended, but
> > > if I unselect tetex-bin, the dependency resolution screen comes back
> > > and selects it (and its dependencies) again. Even selecting hold for this
> > > package doesn't work. This should only happen for required, not
> > > recommended packages.
> >
> > Isn't this just dselect being obnoxious? Hit Q to force dselect to give up.
> >
> > Hamish
> > --
>
>
> The strange thing is I've seen it work both ways. There must be two levels
> of 'recommended'. One level is ok; but the more restricted level is the one
> Bob is talking about. The problem with using 'Q' is you have to use *every*
> time you use dselect from that point on. Not fun. I'm with Bob,
> 'recommended' should *not* be so obnoxious. Or maybe introduce another
> level between required and recommended.
I agree. Dselect is being way too obnoxious here.
Bob
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