Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Gnome/Alsa installation?
From: Olivier (olivier_AT_lx.student.wau.nl)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 09:53:43 EEST
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:31:18 -0700
Peter Jay Salzman <p_AT_dirac.org> wrote:
> note that dselect can be pretty dumb about dependencies and suggestions.
> last time i ran dselect, it wanted to remove about 200 packages, and
> then reinstall them. it took awhile to figure out that a package had
> been superceded by another (don't remember what it was, but it was
> something like how lestif replaced motiff because of licensing issues).
>
> i never did like dselect; i wouldn't be surprised if it wanted to
> uninstall the kernel if you wanted to remove esd. ;-)
"never use dselect"
if you want my $0.02
aptitude, gnome-apt and plain apt-get are much better for the task
regards,
Olivier
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