Re: dselect vs. apt-get
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
>On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 07:20:03PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, tim wrote:
>> >my question is due dependencies, are they resolved the same way, either
>> >if you use apt-get or dselect? or are there any differences. I have
>> >recently made the experience that dselect worked on a specifig update
>> >(cdroast) while apt-get gave my dependency problems...
>>
>> No. For dselect, Suggests are effectively Depends, while for apt,
>> Suggests are effectively ignored.
>
>Wibble? Surely you mean Recommends, not Suggests. (dselect will warn you
>about Suggests but not force you into using them.)
I use apt, so lost track of the difference :)
>
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