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Re: Selective install using apt-method in dselect



Kent West wrote:
> I've got 200+ MB of files selected in dselect for
> download/installation, and I'm using the apt method. dselect
> tells me that my /var/[something] doesn't have enough space free
> and aborts. IIRC, the ftp method in such a situation allowed you
> to do a selective install at that point; am I missing something
> or is the apt method missing this feature?

It's missing the feature. The only thing you can really do is put a lot of
the to-be-upgraded packages on hold in dselect, upgrade the rest, then take
the packages off hold and upgrade them.

-- 
see shy jo


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