Re: syncing debian packages on two machines
Well I have only one box , so I can't guarante this will work, but you could
try this:
Install what you want on box1
Install apt-move and configure it
Do apt-move sync. This will build you a local mirror containing only the
packages you have on box1
Make this mirror your only apt source on box2
Fire up dselect on box2 and install everything
This has the advatage that you only download updates once.
I'd be interested to know if that works
HTH, Simon.
On Sunday 24 Feb 2002 4:09 pm, Peter Kocks wrote:
> One way is fine, as long as it does not also remove any
> critical packages from the production system.
>
> So, I assume that dpkg --get-selections does ONLY that,
> i.e. it just gets the selections if they are not already
> installed.
> It does not remove packages not in the selection list.
>
> Thanks Ray.
>
> --pk
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:dm@zensunni.demon.nl]
> > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:44 AM
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: syncing debian packages on two machines
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 13:12:31 -0800, Peter Kocks wrote:
> > > For the moment, I'm fine with the production
> >
> > box have the exact same
> >
> > > packages installed as the development box.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I've used
> >
> > > dselect on both machines to do the original
> >
> > install and the machines are
> >
> > > now out of sync.
> > >
> > > So, you do I sync the package list on both
> >
> > machines easily? automated?
> >
> > That depends a lot on what you mean by sync. If
> > you simply mean one-way "I
> > want the production box to have the same packages
> > as the development box",
> > you could do, from the development box
> > dpkg --get-selections | ssh productionbox
> > "dpkg --get-selections && apt-get dselect-upgrade"
> > Note that this does not necessarily mean you'll
> > have the same versions of
> > those packages installed.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Ray
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