* Brad Cramer (cramerb@gte.net) [011002 20:46]: > I am getting ready to build a new box and I would like to make it like > the one I am currently using. I am running Sid updated daily. Is there > a way to do a base install of potato on the new system then change > apt.sources to point to sid and is there a file I can copy from my old > system that will install all the same packages I currently have > installed so I don't have to go through the headache of remembering > everything I have installed up to this point. If there is such a file dpkg --get-selections | ssh newbox dpkg --set-selections > what is it and if this is possible is there anything I need to watch > out for? make sure the new box has updated its available packages list before doing that (with dselect update). Also, dpkg --set-selections requires root, so my spiffy pipe will only work if the newbox permits root logins via ssh or if you stick a 'sudo' in there or something. good times, -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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