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Package: dselect
Version: 1.10.9
Severity: wishlist
It should be possible to change the default behavior of
"Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n]"
from Y to N, with a command line switch or preferably in a
configuration file.
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While there is no configuration option to set the default, you can easily
disable the prompt altogether (and cause archives not to be deleted) and run
apt-get clean manually. I don't think there is really a need for yet
another configuration option only to set the default, when you can already
choose between always, prompt, auto, pre-auto and never, which should cover
pretty much everyone's preferences.
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