Re: problems+suggestions
On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:49:12AM +0100, Ben Jorgensen wrote:
> 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 could copy your /var/lib/dpkg/status file and replace lines like:
Status: install ok installed
with:
Status: install ok not-installed
Then after installing the base system replace the status file with your
copy and startup dselect.
WARNING: I have never tried this, it is all theory. Maybe a wishlist bug
for dpkg to output a special status file just for this would be nice, and
having dselect be able to merge this into a new installs' status file
would be even better.
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