Hello, Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 11 Nov 1998q, Jiri Baum wrote: > > > Hello Zack Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > > > > 3) At the end of the "install" phase, dselect asks if it should delete > > > > installed packages. I suggest that either the default be changed to 'no' ... > > > Well, once you've installed them, you usually don't need them any more. ... > > Can you clarify this please? I thought this choice was the equivalent of > > dpkg --remove. I've never dared use it again since it once started removing > > all > > kinds of things I had installed. > > > > dselect deletes the package files. You don't need those unless you > plan on reinstalling the same packages again. Most people don't > need that unless they have several machines.
You might also want them if you plan on playing around with the unstable distribution - keep the stable deb files somewhere in case you need to downgrade. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We'll know the future has arrived when every mailer transparently quotes lines that begin with "From ", but no-one remembers why.
