On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:31:39AM +0200, Roland Mas wrote: > Dan Jacobson (2003-06-28 07:57:55 +0800) : > > Gentlemen, after I installed "Debian GNU/Linux", I found I had to > > take extra steps to get the GNU version of a program installed, as > > some other leading brand alternative was in its stead. > > > > So what is the single command to apt-get install all the GNU > > versions of everything? > > I humbly suggest "apt-get install task-gnu-only". Of course, someone > will have to make and maintain that task package, but once done, there > you are. Or you could start a Debian-GNU-Only subproject.
One question: what's the point? Surely you want the best, not necessarily the GNU version (which might be an incredibly bleeding-edge pre-alpha thing, like for example mailutils was not so long ago)? -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
