Re: problems+suggestions
>
> I'll take the suggestion first :)
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be
> saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want
> to install a new machine or go back to this good configuration you just
> load the data-file into dselect or whatever program that gets/installs
> packages. Some different default configs could also be shipped with
> the dist to be used by new debian people.
>
> Maybe this is already possible? Tell me please!
You can do this with
$ dpkg --get-selections > file
to record the settings, and
$ dpkg --set-selections < file
to get the setting from the file. Then start dselect and skip the
selection step.
HTH,
Eric
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