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Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 14:20:45 +0200
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_M=F8ller_Fonseca?= <fonseca AT mip DOT sdu DOT dk>
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Subject: Re: Setup as recommended reading
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The RPM package application Gnome RPM (gnorpm) has a filter selection 
box in the install dialog with the following possibilities:

All packages
All but installed packages
Only uninstalled packages
Only newer packages
Uninstalled or newer packages

Very convenient, I think.

René

Brian Gallew wrote:
> Robert Collins said:
> 
>>There is an implicit conflict there with setup, because setup
>>doesn't know what was available before - it only knows version for
>>what is installed. That will change in the future.
> 
> 
> How about this:  Allow packages to be marked "never install"?  Then
> setup can display all of the udpated or new packages, yet give the
> user an easy way to control what (s)he has to look at?
> 
> 
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