On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > Bottom line: this is a very small and easy-to-grant wish, but for those who > want it, it's a big, hard-to-get-around problem. i.e. it prevents me from > using apt, since apt deletes installed packages automatically; and with > dselect, I have to be *extremely* careful I don't press the enter key at the > wrong time, when it asks to delete the packages.
Edit /usr/lib/dselect/methods/apt/install and remove the 'apt-get clean' command (replace it with true or something). In future this will be a configurable option. It is only when apt is run from dselect that it erases things. Jason