Here are quotes from "Debian 3.0 Release Notes": The recommended method of upgrading is to use the apt method with dselect ... The built-in dependency analysis enables smooth upgrades and easy installations. ... This tool [dselect] makes safer decisions about packages than apt-get.
Is this because dselect installs "recommends" by default and apt-get does not, or, is there some other more subtle reason? But does not dselect call apt-get anyway? Should one use dselect for all package adding/ removing, to avoid having apt-get work at cross-purposes to dselect? Any clarifications would be much appreciated. Cheers. Aurelio.
