On 16-May-2000 Brad wrote: > On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 09:51:19PM +0300, Lehel Bernadt wrote: >> >> No, dselect will not try to install everything, but I suggest to use apt-get >> only and not bother with dselect's apt method. It will give you a bunch of >> dependency problems, and screw up your existing configuration. > > Odd, since i use the dselect apt method all the time and it has never > screwed up my configuration or given me major dependancy problems
Do you mean while upgrading from slink to potato ? > Since the dselect apt method uses apt-get to do the actual download and > upgrade, dselect with the apt method should be just as intelligent as > apt-get. Oh yes, but my problem is that if I use the apt method from dselect I won't be able to use the slink CDs (without changing the acces method, of course). So I have two separate available-packages databases: one for dselect(dpkg) & slink, the other for apt-get & potato.
