Re: Apt get dselect-upgrade
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Andrew Martin Adrian Cater wrote:
> I've done something. Not sure what. If I run apt-get update followed by
> apt-get dist-upgrade all's fine. If I run apt-get update followed by
> apt-get dselect-upgrade, dselect wants to remove 197M of software and
> packages.
>
> How do I regenerate the packages list for dselect so that it will accept
> a dselect upgrade ??
dselect-upgrade is not designed to run by hand.
dselect-upgrade should only be run (automatically, invisibly from the
user) by dselect, when apt is the access method.
Jules
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