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Re: Backup Image for my needs



On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:33:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 12/17/08 22:51, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca> writes:

> >I'm not getting after you about this, because I still don't know the
> >best way to handle this.  Most dependencies are a single item, so this
> >isn't a problem in those cases.
> 
> In the backup script:
>   dpkg --get-selections > pkgs.installed.txt
> 
> In the restore script:
>   dpkg --set-selections < pkgs.installed.txt
 
Don't you then lose all the manaul/automatic distinction in aptitude?
Wouldn't they all show up as manually installed?  It would then take a
lot of work to go through the list and mark stuff accordingly.

Doug.


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