Re: "Cleaning out" dselect
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, David J. Kanter wrote:
> While using dselect when I really didn't know what I was doing, I'd select
> packages and in the heat of the moment, wind up putting some things on hold,
> flagging others for deletion, and eventually quitting out of confusion.
Seems to happen to almost everyone when they first see dselect ;)
> But now that I know how to use dselect better, I'd like to update some of my
> Slink packages to Potato. The problem is, dselect "remembers" all those
> screw ups I made; it still has a list of all those packages that I'd put on
> hold or flag for deletion.
>
> Is there any way to wipe the slate clean and get rid of this mystery cache
> list? What do I have to delete?
There should be a line "--- Up to date installed packages ---" near the
top of the dselect display. Highlight that, and press '+'. That should
reset everything that you currently have installed to its installed state.
Next, you should find the line "--- Available packages (not currently
installed) ---". Press '_' on this line, to mark all uninstalled packages
to stay uninstalled.
If there is a section for new &| updated packages, you may need to go
through this section and clean up by hand.
At any point in the process, if you see a conflict resolution screen take
care of it using your best judgement.
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