Re: Potato upgrade and Perl warnings...
Quoting Michael Merten (ironfoot@popaccount.com):
> Uh, I really think that's what the "Updated Standard packages",
> "Updated Optional packages", etc sections of the select screen are for.
> OTOH, I totally agree that dselect can be dangerous for anyone that
> mistakenly skips the 'select' stage. Perhaps it would be better if
> 'update' kicks you directly into 'select' instead of returning to
> the menu.
Hmm. I don't like this "automatic moving on" even when you get the menu.
To leave "Select" you have to press <Return>. If you unintentionally
press it twice (eg the keyboard double-strikes, or a slow 386 makes
you think you might not have tapped the <return> key hard enough)
dselect goes straight into "Install" whereas you might want "Remove"
or, even worse, to repeat "Select".
Cheers,
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