On 25 Apr 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I believe this is a fresh install. I have recently learned that > > dselect automatically selects every package of standard or higher > > priority the first time it sees it. You have to hit `D' (Shift-D) to > > make it revert to directly requested packages. emacs19 and emacs20 > > are both Priority: standard. > > > > Personally, I think this behavior of dselect is evil, especially > > now that the install script offers preselections. > > If your using profiles, you're supposed to skip the '[S]elect' step. This > is very clearly indicated and well documented
I seem to recall having problems when I skipped this step. Something like no packages being selected that apt could see. It has been quite a while since I did this, so I could be comletely wrong now (assuming something has changed). Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bmitch.dhis.org/ ICQ 30631197 | | Throughout history, UNIX systems have regularly been broken into, beaten, | | brutalized, corrupted, commandeered, compromised, and illegally fscked. | | -- UNIX System Administration Handbook | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
