On Apr 11, Rick wrote > > I sent this a few days ago but got no answer. > > Does anybody know how to clear dselect status? I used hold to select only > the bo pkgs I wanted to install thinking I could reset the suggested status. > But it don't work. How do I reset the pkgs to the suggested state? I tried > renaming the status files but dselect just crashed.
Huh? Do you mean 'Unhold' doesn't work? It certainly works for me. If you really want to do it using dpkg, have a look at '--set-selections' Safer than playing with the status file directly. Christian
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