On Lu, 29 oct 12, 16:25:30, jon.jrs@gmail.com wrote: > I am having trouble with the following: > > $ dpkg --get-selections >list (this appears to work okay) > > but: > > # dpkg --set-selections <list > > The command gives an error which is repeated over and over. > > dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 341 > > This worked fine for me on a previous occasion, so I am doing something > stupid - but I cannot see it. > > The only difference that I know of is that I am trying to do this to > a to an installation of sid within virtualbox. There were several postings about this on the list and someone mentioned filing a bug. It looks like a bug or undocumented change in dpkg. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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