On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Jiri Baum wrote:
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> > I can think of a good one that really bugs me. Using the apt method from
> > dselect, if a single package fails to download the none of the packages
> > are installed.
>
> Why wouldn't they be installed? (I don't use apt.) I would've thought
> they'd get installed, but not configured.
>
> > install all packages retrieved before the failure with a high
> > degree of confidance that they will install.
>
> In most cases, install should work OK, configure shouldn't.
If the package file fails on download, then it wont be installed, let
alone configured, because the file itself is a compressed archive of the
binaries, manpages, and docs. Configuration is a cosmetic part to the
install process.
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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