Re: Dpkg feature request

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
> I've implemented --get-selections and --set-selections in dpkg 1.3.9
> which will be released some time this weekend.
> 
> --get-selections produces a list of lines each with a package name and
> wanted state.  By default it lists all the packages; you can specify
> package names or patterns too.
> 
> --set-selections reads such a list and updates the wanted state for
> each one in it.
> 
> You can do what `dpkg --select <package>' would do with
> `echo <package> install | dpkg --set-selections'.

Thanks! This is all we need for a "broad category" tool that would allow
us to select, for example "development system". That sounds like another
good project for a shell hacker.

	Bruce