On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:39:53AM +0100, Chris Kenrick wrote: > My goal is to rebuild some servers that are running Woody via Potato.
Running woody, you can try out the debootstrap tool, and build a temporary chrooted potato installation so that you can see what it's like. Something like this should do you: woody# apt-get install debootstrap woody# debootstrap potato /chroot/potato http://ftp.debian.org/debian # insert your mirror here woody# chroot /chroot/potato potato# dpkg -l > The servers are at the moment running lots of unnecessary crud > (installed on top of base), so I needed to derive a list of base > packages so I can work out what extra needs installing. Fortunately, > Karsten's magic command line suggestion should solve it I think. Unfortunately, 'Section: base' is largely a historical relic, and isn't entirely representative of what's installed by default. Some packages in the base tarball are in sections like admin, libs, net, and even x11 (xviddetect). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
