[ale] Distro question...

[Barry Hawkins]

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Jim Popovitch wrote:
| On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 18:00 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
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|>Then you've not seen Yast2.  It handles all of the above as well as the
|>ability to search for a package by name, what it provides, what it
|>requires, description.
|
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| I do like Yast2 too, but i prefer to do package management in a console
| window, esp on remote systems.  To me dselect can't be beat for that.
|
| -Jim P.
[...]
I have been told by Debian Developers that dselect is a less effective
tool[0] for dependency management, particularly with multiple package
versions[1].  I, too, prefer a console window, which is how aptitude runs.

[0] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/12/msg00043.html
[1] - http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/12/msg00053.html

Regards,
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Barry Hawkins
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