On 25 Feb, David Wright wrote: > On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > >> I tried to remove a package and under "Select..." selected to remove the >> package. Then I went to "Remove..." and dselect removed almost every >> package I had installed since the beginning (including the one I had asked >> it for). >> >> I know I'm doing something stupid ... I just don't know what it is. > > Is it possible that you accidently pressed - or _ when one of the top few > lines was highlighted: All Packages, or Up To Date Installed Packages etc. > This should have a pretty dramatic effect! >
Hopefully in the new 'deity' project(the dselect replacment) something like this will have a confirmation on it, like ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO REMOVE *ALL* PACKAGES!!!. Currenlty dselect silently obeys and marks all packages under the heading, yikes! Can any deity members give feedback on this? -- Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .