On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 01:35:01AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Does some way exist using debian tools to get a list of package names > stripped of version information where all package names in that list have > no form of parent by recommended dependencies or suggested dependencies? > If I can build and maintain that kind of list in the future it should be > possible to install those packages with recommended packages and rebuild > the system using a compact packages list. The closest I've been able to > come to this was something like: # apt-cache dumpavail | grep -i > "package:" >packages.txt I suppose I could strip package: off with sed but > I'll have every package installed on the system which is more than is > needed. Hi Jude, dpkg --get-selections or similar is at most in the kilobyte range. What situation could warrant a byte size file? -Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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