Why does dselect want to install packages that I haven't requested? I'm not talking about dependencies. Here's how to replicate what I'm seeing.
I installed debian woody. During the install I said NO to tasksel and NO to dselect. I got a very minimal system (good). If I run dselect, select no packages and then tell it to install, it wants to install 79 new packages, which are: bc bin86 bind9-host binutils bison cpp cpp-3.3 dc dictionaries-common dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text dpkg-dev file finger flex ftp g++ g++-3.3 gcc gcc-3.0-base gcc-3.3 gdb gnu-efi gnupg iamerican ibritish ipmasqadm ispell less libc6-dev libdb4.0 libdb4.1 libdns11 libgc1 libgpmg1 libidn11 libisc7 liblwres1 libmagic1 libnss-db libopencdk4 libstdc++3 libstdc++5-3.3-dev linux-kernel-headers locales lpr lsof m4 make manpages-dev mime-support mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt ncurses-term nfs-common patch perl perl-modules pidentd portmap procmail python python-newt python2.3 rcs reportbug sharutils strace tcsh texinfo time traceroute vacation w3m wamerican whois Why is dselect wanting to install packages that I didn't request? -- Matt Perry | matt at primefactor dot com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]