-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, David J. Kanter wrote:
> While using dselect when I really didn't know what I was doing, I'd select > packages and in the heat of the moment, wind up putting some things on hold, > flagging others for deletion, and eventually quitting out of confusion. Seems to happen to almost everyone when they first see dselect ;) > But now that I know how to use dselect better, I'd like to update some of my > Slink packages to Potato. The problem is, dselect "remembers" all those > screw ups I made; it still has a list of all those packages that I'd put on > hold or flag for deletion. > > Is there any way to wipe the slate clean and get rid of this mystery cache > list? What do I have to delete? There should be a line "--- Up to date installed packages ---" near the top of the dselect display. Highlight that, and press '+'. That should reset everything that you currently have installed to its installed state. Next, you should find the line "--- Available packages (not currently installed) ---". Press '_' on this line, to mark all uninstalled packages to stay uninstalled. If there is a section for new &| updated packages, you may need to go through this section and clean up by hand. At any point in the process, if you see a conflict resolution screen take care of it using your best judgement. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOAPaRL7M/9WKZLW5AQGL3gQAlATd07aQz6LWBzXoP0ZAh/mJHVh6v45u l0v9bKh+Bazzn9PnU7WkfMfs3FTDHY+PvrKcF8MvchEhNGg9CmThxOURK/hUFH0D md4dTwEfqYT7qW1jWXCrh+HOQf7EbVIUeNC2Mjsf4Gr1amuwtCytkFHGmUa1TbWU kPT9chs8qBM= =H1ZB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
