Re: resetting dselect
nick@bidz.com (Nick Barron) wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: David Z. Maze <dmaze@mit.edu>
>To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 7:55 PM
>Subject: Re: resetting dselect
>
>> Beavis <beavis@bidz.com> writes:
>> Beavis> ok, well lets just say this: what if the packages are in the
>> Beavis> upacked (not set up); install (was: install) state.
>>
>> Then you should probably configure them, either using 'dpkg
>> --configure --pending' from the command line or using dselect's
>> "Configure" option.
>
>what if i don't want to conf. them?
So then purge them. Why do you want unpacked but unconfigured packages
on your system, anyway? Grab the source if you just want to look at the
things.
--
Colin Watson [cjw44@cam.ac.uk]
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