***BOGO*** Re: Bug#497304: general: packages cannot be partially installed

["Paul Wise" <pabs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 6:19 AM, Steve Greenland <steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There have been proposals in the past to allow filtering of directories
> in dpkg for precisely this reason. I don't know whether it turned out to
> be infeasable, or just that no one has implemented it.

Looks like it got at least partially implemented:

http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/serendipity/index.php?/archives/25-dpkg-filtering.html

No idea of the status.

-- 
bye,
pabs

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