Re: keeps servers consistant (debs)
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 05:45:01PM -0800, Jason Morehouse wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Just wondering if there is an existing solution (or home-rolled script)
> > to keep packages consistent across multiple servers.
> >
> > The standard repositories are fine, and caching isn't needed (ala
> > apt-proxy), as they are on different networks. But if I install /
> > remove packages on a server, I'd like to do the same on other servers
> > without having to keep track. Also when I create a new server, id like
> > to quickly remove and apt-get packages from a master list.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> Hi Jason,
>
> dpkg --get-selections|grep -v deinstall > package.list
> will get the Debian package names sans the version number.
>
Is there a way to do this in such a way to preserve aptitude's database,
too? I'm talking primarily about the auto/noauto status of packages.
I've previously used dpkg --set-selections < sel.txt && apt-get
dselect-upgrade and it worked like a charm, but I'm now considering to start
using aptitude for package management, as it's the recommended package
manager since sarge.
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