Re: Surprising behaviour of dselect.
Quoting Preben Randhol (randhol@pvv.org):
> David Wright <d.wright@open.ac.uk> wrote on 27/06/2000 (15:38) :
> > That's what it's designed to do. If you look at the package listing
> > when you select [S]elect, you'll normally see *** against each package.
> > (This assumes you haven't set packages to "hold".)
>
> I see.
>
> Does apt-get install something also do this?
No, apt-get is much more flexible. Dselect is really designed for
tracking a distribution.
> That is if I need to install a couple of packages from woody do I also
> get all the other packages upgraded?
No. You can also test what's going to happen with apt-get -s ...
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