* Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder (avbidder@fortytwo.ch) [020719 00:59]: > > > reinstall *everything* if necessary. The output of "dpkg -l" can be used > > to reinstall everything if something goes wrong. > > a propos... > > Can dpkg -l be made not to truncate pkg names and version numbers? (And > not to display the descriptions, as I don't care about them, while we're > at it). It can; it recognizes the COLUMNS environment variable and formats its output accordingly. For this specific application, though, '"dpkg --get-selections "*"' may be more appropriate. Or just ensure that your backup includes everything in /var/lib/dpkg . You'll have all the data you need there. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -E.W. Dijkstra
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