Hi, On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:59:54PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > If I use 'dpkg --get-selections >> packages' > > and then 'dpkg --set-selections packages' on another system, > > and finally run dselect, my selects will be set to those listed > > in 'packages'? > > basically. You should only set selections on a fresh install. > Otherwise you have packages from set A the other machine is set B and > thus machine A gets the union of the set (i.e. more packages than B > and a chance at conflicting packages).
True if you do it as described without pattern match. What about using 'dpkg --get-selections \* >> packages' Then you get all packages listed (non-installed packages as "purge") Thus you will get the exact same setting. (someone mentioned on this list) Bloating system can be avoided by this, I think. > The package list lists packages that have been removed but not purged, > on hold, set for purge but not purged, attempted to install and stuck, > as well as simply installed. You should probably change all holds to > installs, purge the packages marked deinstalled, fix any half > installed packages and then save the output. I did not understand this. Fixing half installed sounds good to me :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ +