On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Kendrick Myatt wrote:
> when I use dselect to try and get kernel-package, i get into an infinite
> loop with dependencies on packages perl and libc5. I + them and they get *,
> but when I enter, I go back to dependencies and there they are again, still
> showing *!
>
> I X'd back and tried again from start, chose ftp, looked at packages,
> kernel-package was STILL selected, and I STILL got into the same boat when i
> tried to continue. Trying to purge those two packages was the bright idea I
> had, but I soon realized I would have to remove most of my system once the
> dependencies were ruled out :(
>
> I'm trying again to see if I can get kernel-package and it's 3 dependencies
> (the source and that other thing...) then I Q'd on the perl...
>
> *sigh* Now it's downloading all kinds of packages I didn't ask for, cron3.0,
> perl5.003, dpkg1.4, etc...
>
I know it is probably just that I was not used to dselect, but I have
had this type thing happen quite a bit myself. Would it make sense to add
an option to dselect which allows you to list out all of the pending
installations/removals of packages before actually going through the
process. I don't have this happen as much anymore, but I sure did in the
beginning...
Scott S.
>
> What did I screw up, and is there some way to globally reset dselect, as I
> believe I have done something to really confuse it :(
>
> Thanks for any help.. I'll keep working on this end :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Kendrick
>
>
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