On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:08:31PM -0400, Laurel Fan wrote: > Excerpts from debian: 29-Sep-99 Re: Packages should not Con.. by Craig > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IMO that's the price you pay for saying "install a whole bunch of > > random stuff i haven't personally selected". if you cared, you'd > > take the time to vet all selections yourself. > > In the initial install, is it possible to go in and unselect and > select packages after picking profile/tasks (Or just look at what it > wants to install)?
yes. dselect is run immediately after the pre-selection stage. > The install program and the docs say "skip the Select step of > dselect"... Does it mean "skip it because you will confuse the > installer" or "you should skip it because it's already done"? it means "skip it because i don't want pre-selections". that option is to not run the pre-selection script, to jump straight into dselect. it's the option i always choose when building systems because i prefer to select all packages. crai -- craig sanders