Re: Bug#225999: ITP: debsync -- installed packages synchronization tool

[Arnaud Vandyck <avdyk@debian.org>]

Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org> writes:

> * Package name    : debsync
>   Version         : 1.0
>   Upstream Author : Jerome ALET <alet@librelogiciel.com>
> * URL             : http://www.librelogiciel.com/software/debsync
>                     http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/debsync
> * License         : GPL v2
>   Description     : installed packages synchronization tool

[...]

> A really useful tool (written in Python) that should have been written
> long ago already. If nobody opposes, I'll upload shortly (in the hope
> NEW will get unstuck soon).

What is the difference between your tool and do a

$ dpkg --get-selections > list-of-master-packages.txt
$ scp list-of-master-packages.txt user@host:/root/slave-packages.txt
$ ssh host -l root
# dpkg --set-selections < slave-packages.txt
# aptitude install

Cheers,

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