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




On May 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM, sp113438 wrote:

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.


That's interesting, and even useful. Thanks! It's something I didn't know and have often wondered about.

Nevertheless, it still doesn't answer the first question: What useful thing is done by aptitude-create-state-bundle ?

Enjoy!

Rick


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