RE: no wonder...

["Christian Pernegger" <pernegger@chello.at>]

> > A package state that tells the package managers that "the functionality of
> > this package is provided locally, treat it as if it was installed"
> 
> Look into the equivs package. Or, dive into the docs and see how to make
> a [empty] package (you really only need 4 or 5 files and a few
> directories...)

Ok, gonna try...

> > An option to reset the selection status of all packages to their actual
> > status
> 
> As you know, dselect displays three status fields to the left of the
> package name.

Yep

> 'R' (that's an uppercase R) will reset the selection
> status to that of the middle indicator.

I wasn't clear on as to what exactly it resets to - thanks!

> By pressing 'ooO' (or some
> number of upper and lowercase o's), you can get the package listing
> sorted by only status (the leftmost indicator). Using '+' on the
> "Installed packages" line, '-' on the "Removed packages" line, and '_'
> on the "Purged packages" line will reset everything to the state of the
> leftmost indicator (modulo any conflicts, deal with them appropriately).

Should do. Thank you very much.

(Still a bit ... tedious, though)

Christian