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Re: dpkg vs. apt



Once upon a time Colin Watson wrote @ Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:12:05 +0100

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 07:56:51PM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 07:16:28PM +0200, Mohammed Sameer wrote:
> > > Really i don't know why i have the feeling that dselect+dpkg !=
> > > aptitude+apt-get
> > > Really i think that each pair works in a different way.
> > 
> > Heh, actually, dselect doesn't use dpkg directly at all, it uses
> > apt-get.
> 
> That depends on how you've configured it. dselect existed long before
> apt-get and I know people who still configure it to use the old access
> methods, although they aren't the default these days ...
> 

Hope i don't have to browse the code <grin>

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