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Re: Use case for aptitude-{create,run}-state-bundle ?



On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700
Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> wrote:

> 
> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}- 
> state-bundle ?
> 
> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration  
> following a re-install from scratch?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rick
> 
> 

#!/bin/bash
datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)

dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt

On second machine:
## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
## apt-get dselect-upgrade

should do the cloning job.



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