Re: Firewall On Slink
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:00:14 +0100, you wrote:
>> While I can't answer your question, I'd like to point you towards apt
>> which is perfect for installing minimal systems. When I pull up a new
>> bastion host, I install the base system and abort dselect.
>>
>> When I feel that I need something (like ipchains, for example), I
>> simply do apt-get install ipchains and apt will automagically pull in
>> any packages ipchains needs.
>
>I see your point but if like me you are not familier with all the
>packages then dselect is excellent to be able to browse what is
>installed and easily add and remove packages while seeing the impact
>that will have on other packages.
Sure, if you like dselect, you can use it. I am quite satisfied with
grepping and lessing the Packages file, though.
Greetings
Marc
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