Re: Backup Image for my needs
"Douglas A. Tutty" <dtutty@vianet.ca> writes:
> 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.
It appears that dpkg (at least in etch) doesn't carry over any
automatic status. It can also install both the default dependency and
your replacement selection, if your selection comes after the package
which requires it.
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Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org
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