Subject: Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 01:47:38PM +1100
In reply to:Brian May
Quoting Brian May([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
> >>I think dselect, especially in
> >>combination with the apt access method, is terrific - it just takes some
> >>time upfront to get used to it.
> >
> >Many people switching to Linux from the 'Other ' OS may equate spending time
> >to learn an install package, with difficulty of use and/or other nameless
> >difficulties.
>
>
> Just my two cents:
>
> I find dselect annoying to use simply because there are so many packages
> to install. You keep scrolling down and down through the list and loose
> all perspective as to what order they appear in, what the hierarchy
> of the sections is, and how far to the bottom of the list.
In addition to a quirk I found today. I did an apt-get update on
potato. As expected there some dependicy errors after a 40 Meg
upgrade. So, no problem, I'll go to dselect to work them out. I
select the 2.2.1-1 kernel source while I was there. Select then
got the kernel source and about 6-8 other libs I hadn't asked for.
It seem that dselect and apt-get must use two different Package lists.
I would have expected them to use the same one as they both use dpkg.
I 'thought' I was beginning to finally get a handle on dselect but
this threw me off again.
--
There are two ways to write error-free programs. Only the third one works.
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Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
