Re: Question about dselect:
On 20-Nov-2001 Petro wrote:
> I have a little...issue with dselect.
>
> I'm trying to set up a base configuration for a fleet of servers,
> and I want certain software, and *only* certain software on them.
>
> At least one of these pieces of software is a perl modules that
> wants to have libc6-dev, which is fine as far as that goes,
> but it seems that libc6-dev recommends that I install gcc, and it's
> rather most insistent that I install it, even if I tell dselect _
> (purge) and <shift-q> (Do what I tell you numbskull).
>
> Is there a way to tell dselect ONCE AND FOR ALL that I have no wish
> to install gcc on this machine?
>
Unfortunately, no. dselect will always try to enforce a Recommends. In the
resolution screen, Shift-R will revert all of dselect's additions and then
Shift-Q will finish.
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