On Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 11:21:05AM +0100, Wyss, Otto wrote: > > > I'm playing around with frozen potato, doing everything > > with dselect or > > > dpkg if dselect doesn't work. But each time I get more > > > > THe problems you list are as much with the access methods as the > > program itself. The access methods which use local files like cdroms > > just run dpkg over all the files, which is, as you say, slightly > > inefficient. It's not a big problem, apart from aesthetically. > >
> I've downloaded the full frozen potato, put it on a separate partition and > use it from there. Still even using CD's, dselect should only process > changed packages if there are any already installed. Besides a new > installation does nothing else as processing only changed packages, since > there were no others installed. It's not harmful, though. Just slightly annoying. > > The problem is not in the aesthetics or in the time used, it's in the output > produced. For a casual user is's impossible to locate any problem. Yeah, I see that. > > > Personally, I'd recommend using apt. In particular, apt-get -f > > > I also considered using apt but as long as dselect is the standard > installation program on the official CD's, dselect should be maintained and > fix the problems. I don't think you appreciate my point. Apt is the recommended dselect method. I'm not saying stop using dselect, I'm saying use dselect with the apt method. Jules -- Jules Bean | Any sufficiently advanced [EMAIL PROTECTED],jellybean.co.uk} | technology is indistinguishable [EMAIL PROTECTED] | from a perl script
