On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 09:52:00AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > # development because libc5 can't be upgraded to latest without removal > > # of libc5-dev which also necessitates removal of other -dev packages > > # like libdb1-dev and libdl1-dev if they are installed. > > > > DEVPACKAGES=`dpkg --get-selections | > > grep -- -dev | > > grep -v deinstall | > > cut -f1` > > Is there any way you could mark these dev packages to be installed > at the end, by dselect when next run? That would be a nice touch I think.
not really. they're obsolete libc5 versions which may or may not have libc6 and/or -altdev replacement packages. otherwise it would be trivial to pipe into dpkg --set-selections: ( for i in $DEVPACKAGES ; do echo "$i install" ; done ) | \ dpkg --set-selections craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .