On Sat, Jun 08, 2002 at 04:24:04PM +0200, Aaron Isotton wrote: > > Here I list my first impressions of woody's dselect. If you think > > these are bugs, please file them in your name. I'm don't feel like > > submitting bug reports at this time. I suppose I should try some of > > the newer dselect alternatives. Anyway, > > [snip] > > Try aptitude instead of dselect; it doesn't have many of its > problems. It's IMHO much better, and it is the new "standard" package > managing tool.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show aptitude Package: aptitude Priority: optional Section: admin [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache show dpkg Package: dpkg Essential: yes Priority: required Section: base dselect is "standard" by any reasonable definition of standard, regardless of what some people would like to think. Works fine, too. Specific problems with it should be directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], non-specific fluff should be ignored. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | Dept. of Computing, `. `' | Imperial College, `- -><- | London, UK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
