On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 08:39:29AM +0100, Wyss, Otto wrote: > > Apt is the recommended dselect method. I'm not saying stop using > > dselect, I'm saying use dselect with the apt method. > >
> Okay I missed that point. Now I've switched to apt mode and it's much > better. Unfortunatly dselect still tries to configure packages which are set > on hold. Hmm. Yes, you're right, that's counter-intuitive. However, it *is* correct behaviour. If a package is installed, but unconfigured, it's broken. It must either be uninstalled, or configured, but there's no way of leaving it like that. 'Hold' means it won't be updated to a new version, but it won't stop it being configured. Jules -- Jules Bean | Any sufficiently advanced [EMAIL PROTECTED],jellybean.co.uk} | technology is indistinguishable [EMAIL PROTECTED] | from a perl script
