Re: apt/dselect unnice ness
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>> foo [~]$ dselect --version
>> Debian Linux `dselect' package handling frontend.
>> Version 1.4.1.1 (i386 elf). Copyright (C) 1994-1996 Ian Jackson.
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> try apt-get help newest in potato is 0.1.10
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I have that version of apt.
>> > APTv3 can run quite well as non-root for a good degree of function so this
>> > is not an option.
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>> But not the Install option, correct? That is what I mean. If user != root,
>> simply output -- "You must be root to do this". I run dselect to see what a
>> pcakges name is and what not as non-root all the time.
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> Yes, even for the install option.
What does that do? Just download packages? Try to install in the home dir?
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