Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't anyone else feel this is a hack? Look at how apt does it (parse a > Packages file, and use that info to get package versions and decide what > needs to be updated, and then look at only those files) for a much better > method. > > Basically, no one in their right mind has used the disk method of dselect in > years. dpkg -iGROEB is known to fail in many ways, just ask Jason Gunthorpe.
What about multi-cd support? Apt does not have any so you have to use dpkg-multicd which uses dpkg -iGROEB (I think) to install from multiple CDs. -- I consume, therefore I am