Re: dselect (or apt) wish list (fwd)
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Michael Beattie wrote:
> Bottom line: this is a very small and easy-to-grant wish, but for those who
> want it, it's a big, hard-to-get-around problem. i.e. it prevents me from
> using apt, since apt deletes installed packages automatically; and with
> dselect, I have to be *extremely* careful I don't press the enter key at the
> wrong time, when it asks to delete the packages.
Edit /usr/lib/dselect/methods/apt/install and remove the 'apt-get clean'
command (replace it with true or something). In future this will be a
configurable option.
It is only when apt is run from dselect that it erases things.
Jason
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