Re: Stupid dselect question

["Arthur H. Johnson II" <arthur@usol.com>]

Exactly what I was looking for.  Very grateful.

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On 13 Jul 2002, Eric Hanchrow wrote:

> >>>>> "Arthur" == Arthur H Johnson <arthur@usol.com> writes:
>
>     Arthur> How do I unselect packages?
>
> Here's what I do -- it might require some bravery: I edit the file
> /var/lib/dpkg/status, and change every line that looks like
>
>         Status: install ok not-installed
>
> to
>
>         Status: purge ok not-installed
>
> That's all!
>
>


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