man dselect.cfg (Formats) - dselect configuration file
NAME
dselect.cfg - dselect configuration file
DESCRIPTION
This file contains default options for dselect. Each line contains a single option which is exactly the same as a normal commandline option for dselect except for the leading dashes which are not used here. Comments are allowed by starting a line with a hash sign ("#").
FILES
/etc/dpkg/dselect.cfg ~/.dselect.cfg
AUTHOR
See /usr/share/doc/dpkg/THANKS for the list of people who have contributed to dselect .