On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, nate wrote:
> Narins, Josh said: > > I was under the impression that if you wanted to copy selections from one > > machine to the next, the proper syntax was > > > > vv > > dpkg --get-selections \* > file > > not sure, but I've done the dpkg --get-selections >selections and > imported on another machine(running the same distribution) several > times with complete success. I probably wouldn't try it with different > distributions since chances are perhaps some packages have been > changed..but if your going from stable -> testing on a new machine I'd > rather go stable->stable then upgrade the new machine to testing *after* > all the packages have been installed from stable. > > nate > actually the \* is relevant since packages that are purged on a machine A will not be purged on machine B if you insert the output into dpkg --set-selections.... this is easily confirmed by looking at the output with and without \* .... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]