Re: Surprising behaviour of dselect.
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 07:04:00PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> 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, it will only install the desired package(s) plus any needed
dependencies.
With dselect, every installed package for which there is a newer
package available (from running [U]pdate) will be marked for
installation. You can put any which you do not wish to install on
hold, however.
>
> That is if I need to install a couple of packages from woody do I also
> get all the other packages upgraded?
Not with apt-get install.
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Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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