On Thursday 08 November 2001 00:31, Brian Nelson wrote: > Jesse Goerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I had been using this method for about a year before I even > > learned of apt-cache search, et all. > > > > If you install a program and it's missing a feature, check for > > suggests and recommends, that almost always fixed what I thought > > was "broken." > > All the more reason to use dselect instead, though it's overly > persistent about recommends.
I'd say that it's a good reason NOT to use dselect, install what you need & use and only what you need & use. dselect also has this anoying tendancy to blowaway packages when you've built your own dependecy for some reason. Ani