Public bug reported:
I followed these instructions to backup a list of packages and then
reinstall them.
On 10.04 I ran:
dpkg --get-selections > dpkg.selection
On 12.10 I ran:
sudo dpkg --set-selections < dpkg.selection
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
What happened:
The packages listed in dpkg.selection were not installed
Expected:
Packages to be installed.
Workaround:
I can install them manually.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: dpkg 1.16.7ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 3 12:24:09 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta i386 (20120926)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal running-unity
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