On 11 Nov 1998q, Jiri Baum wrote:
> Hello Zack Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> 
> > 3) At the end of the "install" phase, dselect asks if it should delete
> > installed packages. I suggest that either the default be changed to 'no'
> ...
> 
> Well, once you've installed them, you usually don't need them any more.
> 

Can you clarify this please? I thought this choice was the equivalent of 
dpkg --remove. I've never dared use it again since it once started removing all
kinds of things I had installed.

Anthony


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