-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frank Griffin wrote: > Ben Reser wrote:
> I gave this a try "importing" rpm databases from various cooker systems > to my current one, and it seems to work fine. I did write some local > code to compare the package.list to a reference one resulting from a > vanilla install with all boxes checked and no individual packages > selected, because invoking urpmi for all of the already-installed guys > ate up considerable time, even on a fast machine. That's why I made the suggestion to use: urpmi `cat packages.list` instead of for i in `cat packages.list`;do urpmi $i;done You let urpmi compute dependencies a few hundred times doing it the 2nd way, which does take a while. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/OLnHrJK6UGDSBKcRAjr0AKDLk20O92BtjBBmSOJS93GOwJVvuwCaA2A7 4KemrQ5uOzUzDM92fU+RVm0= =iJEy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
