On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 02:08:58 +0200 joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij) wrote: > Dselect has a "select" mode that lets you manage your package selections > interactively. The advantage of this is that you retain full control > over package selections. <huge snip> Aye, there's the rub: IT DOESN'T! Sorry for shouting, but the way dselect handles suggests and recommends is braindead, to say the least. If I want to install some package and not the suggests that go with it, I can forget about dselect, unless I use shift-q to override the package selection, which frankly defeats the purpose of dselect in the first place, doesn't it? It's true that some packages don't quite work as expected until you've installed *all* dependencies (Gnome comes to mind), so for these dselect is good, but otherwise it installs way too much cruft on your system and gives you no sane way of getting rid of it. Mart -- Baby even the losers get lucky sometimes Even the losers keep a little bit of pride Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Even The Losers
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