dselect installing packages I didn't request

From: Matt Perry (matt_at_primefactor.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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    Why does dselect want to install packages that I haven't requested? I'm
    not talking about dependencies. Here's how to replicate what I'm seeing.

    I installed debian woody. During the install I said NO to tasksel and NO
    to dselect. I got a very minimal system (good).

    If I run dselect, select no packages and then tell it to install, it wants
    to install 79 new packages, which are:

    bc bin86 bind9-host binutils bison cpp cpp-3.3 dc dictionaries-common
    dnsutils doc-debian doc-linux-text dpkg-dev file finger flex ftp g++
    g++-3.3 gcc gcc-3.0-base gcc-3.3 gdb gnu-efi gnupg iamerican ibritish
    ipmasqadm ispell less libc6-dev libdb4.0 libdb4.1 libdns11 libgc1 libgpmg1
    libidn11 libisc7 liblwres1 libmagic1 libnss-db libopencdk4 libstdc++3
    libstdc++5-3.3-dev linux-kernel-headers locales lpr lsof m4 make
    manpages-dev mime-support mpack mtools mtr-tiny mutt ncurses-term
    nfs-common patch perl perl-modules pidentd portmap procmail python
    python-newt python2.3 rcs reportbug sharutils strace tcsh texinfo time
    traceroute vacation w3m wamerican whois

    Why is dselect wanting to install packages that I didn't request? 

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Matt Perry | matt at primefactor dot com
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