Re: Package unions (fwd)
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Behan Webster wrote:
>
> > I am working on an idea more like dpkg --set-selections. A file lists a
> > set of pacakges that constitues a certain kind of debian setup (e.g.
> > minimum setup, server, X workstatio, etc.). The only thing this is used
> > for is the initial setup and it has no ongoing affect as to the packages
> > installed on the system.
> >
> > What are other people's opinions and ideas?
>
> Yeah, I agree with you, and was thinking more along the lines of what you
> said. A way to bulk single shot install/upgrade/remove a group of
> packages.
Ok. That kinda confirms my thoughts.
> The information for these sets would not be in the packages file and would
> not be part of the Dependancy mechanism.
Precisely!
>
> BTw, did you get the last um.. 4-5 emails in the past two days, and are
> back on the list, etc?
Yes, I'm back. 8) Our reoccuring computer problems are largely gone
now! Yippee! We have stable Linux systems again. I hate hardware
problems!
I thought I had adequately replied to everything I should have except
your email about the UI draft. I'll need a bit of time to go through
that more carefully. There is a lot of info in there to work with.
Later,
Behan
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