Re: apt-get question

[Shawn Nguyen <shawnnguyen@prodigy.net>]

Yes, I mean that after selecting install, it check every single
packages.


David Gaudine wrote:
> 
> > I've heard a lot about apt-get in slink but I have a question about
> >it.  In hamm, it was such a task to install a package in dselect because
> >it rolls through every single package on the dist.  Does slink resolve
> >this problem and more specifically, is apt-get the resolution?
> 
> What exactly do you mean "it rolls through every single package
> on the dist"?  If you mean what it sounds like, you only have to
> roll through every package if you don't know the name (or part of
> the name) of the package, otherwise just type /searchstring
> (and then \ to continue the same search)
> Or do you mean the fact that after you select "install"
> you have to wait while it checks the list internally?  I admit that
> was a problem when I ran debian on a slow system that
> did everything from network drives.
> 
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