Dselect apt method removes files when you select install?

[Jim Foltz <aa204@acorn.net>]

Hi,

I use apt to keep up with slink. I used dselect/apt-method and selcted 2 files
to purge. I then selected INSTALL from dselect and it proceeded to remove the
packages. I did not select any new packages to install, so I assumed that
INSTALL would simply report that there were 0 packages to install. Then I could
select REMOVE is I so desired. 

Isn't it backwards to select INSTALL and have the result be to REMOVE packages?

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