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Re: Will pointing dselect to slink hose hamm system?



When Kent West wrote, I replied:

In my experience, this isn't nearly worth the trouble.  Were I you, I'd
simply use dpkg -i.
> 
> If I go into the Method option of dselect and change my ftp source from
> stable to unstable, in order for me to download one package (gnome), will
> dselect try to download everything that's got a newer version to what I've
> got installed?
> 
> In other words, how do I just get gnome (and its dependents) without
> messing up my hamm system and/or what dselect looks for in the future?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kent
> 
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