Debian bug report logs - #961
dselect can't deselect

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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Re: Bug#961: dselect can't deselect

James A. Robinson writes ("Bug#961: dselect can't deselect"):
> Dselect would not allow us to unselect recommended package "mailx"
> when we installed smail.

I think you'll find it probably would.  You have to use the `D' key to
reject its suggestion to select it, and then `Q' rather than `q' to
quit so it doesn't ask you again.

If people don't like this aggressive behaviour with `Recommended' I'm
open to suggestions as to how to relax it (or improve the user
interface in other ways), but IMO `Recommended' is supposed to be a
strong suggestion.

Smail shouldn't be listing it as `Recommended' - I'm fixing the Smail
package to allow several alternative mailers to satisfy the
requirement.

Ian.

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Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 08:01:27 -0400
From: "James A. Robinson" <jimr@simons-rock.edu>


package: dselect
version: 0.93.42

Dselect would not allow us to unselect recommended package "mailx"
when we installed smail.


Jim