On Mon, Mar 01, 1999 at 02:15:53PM +1030, Mark Phillips wrote: > What is possible is to use the apt method in dselect to install new > packages, but it would seem this is not safe, as I get the following:
[snip] > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > base base base The problem with this is that you are trying to remove an essential package, it's _not_ an apt security problem. > So, here's my problem: how do I install new packages safely, without > specifying them one by one on the commandline? I myself have used dselect with the apt method with no problems whatsoever until now. Just put the packages that you don't want to upgrade/remove on hold. It works for me. Pedro Guerreiro -- Diplomacy: the art of letting someone have your own way.
