Task selection in Debian 2.2 will be done by
$ apt-cache show tasksel
Package: tasksel
Version: 1.0-2
Priority: optional
Section: base
Maintainer: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), slang1 (>> 1.3.0-0)
Architecture: i386
Filename: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/tasksel_1.0-2.deb
Size: 13712
MD5sum: 67e68909e8770052c4e31622a232dade
Description: New task packages selector
Interface for selecting task packages; used for boot-floppies, but can also
be called independently
installed-size: 108
The task selection in Debian 2.1 uses dpkg --set-selection, therefore
it is not save to use it after installation (it is deletes itself).
The new system will use apt-get to install the task-* packages. Apt
will resolve dependancies (easier to handle wrt to task creation and
update), and unlike with dpkg --set-selection, one can not have a
state that two conflicting packages are marked for installation.
You can also install a task-* package with the usual means. It is just
a regular package.
Ciao,
Martin
