on Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 02:29:09AM +0800, csj (csj@mindgate.net) wrote: > On Wednesday 17 January 2001 02:16, Bob Hilliard wrote: > > garyjones@linuxfreemail.com writes: > > > At 16 Jan 2001 13:38:25 +0200 , Kalle Olavi Niemitalo > > > <kon@iki.fi> wrote about system restores... > > > > > > ...and I'd like to continue the theme. If the worst were to > > > happen, what would be the best way of getting the same installed > > > packages as before? Is it possible to give dselect (or apt-get if > > > you're one of /those/ people ;-) a file with a list of packages > > > to install? Ideally you should be able to just generate this from > > > within your preferred install mechanism and then you could keep > > > it "somewhere safe" and point the re-installation process to it > > > and just let it have its wicked way with your Debian CD-ROM (or > > > whatever). > > > > dpkg --get-selections > filename > > dpkg --set-selections < filename > > > > Bob > > Yes, but where would dpkg fetch those files? Can it fetch it, say, > from my local mirror? dpkg doesn't fetch the files, apt-get does, either directly, or through a front-end (dselect, capt, or my current preference, aptitude). This behavior is configurable in /etc/apt/sources.list -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
Attachment:
pgpmQPTmkZZn0.pgp
Description: PGP signature