On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 01:57:48AM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote > I've made some bad move while using dselect one day, and now I have 40 > packages triggered for removal. 8-( Oh horror! > > I figure that this is saved in some file, for any time I try to > install a package with dselect now, it wants to remove the 40 packages > along with installing the new ones. This happens when I choose > "install". > > ,----[ This is what I see: ] > | The following packages will be REMOVED: > | netscape-base-4 libmd5-perl libcurses-perl debhelper nosql > | libcompress-zlib-perl libtime-hires-perl libdelimmatch-perl perl > | debmake libhtml-parser-perl sysutils libterm-readkey-perl > | procmail-lib dupload navigator-smotif-45 netscape-base-45 > | perl-5.004-doc xkeycaps dftp cvs-buildpackage perl-suid > | libio-stringy-perl devscripts pkg-order signify liblockdev0-perl > | dpkg-dev quake2 netscape-java-45 perlmenu navigator-base-45 dpkg-ftp > | libnet-perl libmime-base64-perl dpkg-repack xaw-wrappers debsums > | alias alien > | 14 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 40 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > | 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > | Need to get 4745kB/11.3MB of archives. After unpacking 30.3MB will be freed. > `---- > > Is there any way I could tell dselect that thank you, I want my system > left just the way it is right now. I want to clear that list of > packages lined up for removal. >
See my reply to this list under the subject > Re: Bad points for debian (was: resetting dpkg) I provided a perl scrpt that probably does what you want. Please be careful to get the right message: I also posted an awk script that was broken enough that you don't want to use it. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark