Re: dselect: recommends are evil

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@crosswinds.net>]

>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net> writes:

    Bob> IMHO there should be some way to override a recommends once and not
    Bob> have to do it every time that dselect is invoked.  If this is not
    Bob> feasible, most recommends should probably be downgraded to suggests.

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Yup.  That's one of the (many) reasons I use aptitude instead.  Some others
recommend capt (AKA console-apt).

Hubert

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