tony K. wrote:
> At 14:31 19-03-01 +1100, you wrote:
>
>>> How does one take the inventory of rpm packages installed on an
>>> existing system (M7.2)
>>
>
>> rpm -qa > "./package list.txt"
>
>
>>> and then import the list to rpmDrake
>>> (or similar) on an M8.0 installed system?
>>
>
>> Hmm. Not sure what you mean here - please elaborate...
>
>
> Do whatever can be done so that (to the extent possible - i.e,
> as much as the members of the list are available on the new
> system) those packages are installed on the new system without
> manually picking from a list of over a thousand...
>
What you're asking may be pretty difficult from what I've seen
of the MDK 8.0 RPM list. They done so much package sub-dividing
and renaming (I really, REALLY wish they'd quit that. Makes
trying to install 3rd party packages a PITA.)
Basically you need to install 8.0 in the upgrade mode, that way
you let it do all the guess work. But even that way you'll
probably get a lot of extra stuff you may not have wanted.
Woody
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