Debian 1.1.4 Cannot extract gcc???

[luoma at capybara.pn.com (Robert Luoma)]

I recently got one of the Walnut Creek CDROM sets
and tried to load the Debian 1.1.4 distribution.
While the base set loaded, I ran into a maze of conflicts
with dselect.
In particular, gcc and cpp conflicted; I could not
get the two to load and dselect stubborn refused to proceed
no matter what I did.

Is there a way to salvage this situation (so that I get
a working gcc)?  How have others handled the rather
contrary nature of dselect?

(What happened to the Elmers?)

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Robert Luoma    <luoma at capybara.pn.com>