Re: aptitude: set all packages auto-installed except given list?
On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Andrei Popescu
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sb, 15 ian 11, 12:25:26, Javier Barroso wrote:
>>
>> If you have a packages.txt file with a package by line, do it with awk:
>>
>> aptitude markauto '~i'$(awk '{printf "!~n^"$1"$";}' packages.txt)
>>
>> And a similar trick marking these packages like manual installed.
>
> Thanks, at a first glance that was enough. I just hoped for a solution
> that wouldn't involve such hacks. Unless somebody comes up with a
> cleaner solution I'll file a whishlist bug.
Ok, I would like to hear Daniel (aptitude author) reply, aptitude
development seems to be in standby :(, I hope squeeze freeze be the
reason ...
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